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3 Insights “I doubt whether modern man experiences more distress than his ancestors. It’s not that people suffer more stress today. It’s just that they
Sacrifice & Crusades
3 Insights “Power is not something that is acquired, seized or shared, something that one holds on to or allows to slip away. Power is
Lead Like a Roman, Parent Like a Pro
3 Insights “True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to
Mongols, the legacy of expansion
3 Insights “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.” — Genghis Khan “I care
Stories from War & Benjamin Franklin’s Early Struggles
3 Insights “The years teach much which the days never knew.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human
Ostracism and Commodus
3 Insights “The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” — Plato “Nearly all men can stand adversity,
Rhythms and Plagues
3 Insights “Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” — Naval Ravikant “The three most
The Cobra Effect
3 Insights “You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.” — Thomas Sowell “A system
Propaganda in the Middle Ages
3 Insights “Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he seldom counts his joys.” — Dostoevsky “If you only read the books everyone else
The Illusion of Tyranny
3 Insights “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.” — Richard P. Feynman “On
The Legacy of a Great Library
3 Insights “It’s undeniable how different you feel when you do all of the obvious things, like eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep” — Arianna
A Few Seconds Before Happiness
3 Insights “If you understand it, you don’t need to memorize it. If you don’t understand it, you don’t want to memorize it.” — Naval Ravikant
House of Medici
3 Insights “Hypothesis: living a diverse life increases happiness because it avoids addiction due to repetitively associating rewards to the same cues.” — Luca Dellanna “Your
Embrace Discomfort
3 Insights “We must be what we wish our children to be. They will form their characters from ours.” — John S.C. Abbott “Children are not