How is it that Greek philosophers remain popular in our modern world? Why can being born 2500 years ago be a comparative advantage compared to us, even though we have inexhaustible resources of information? Is it the art of asking questions and trying to answer them? The informational deprivation (relative to our time) in which the Greeks lived during the…
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Simplification is the work of geniuses or simpletons. What strikes me most in our time is the great tendency to simplify everything. Conspiracy theories are an attempt to simplify the causality of events, even when this often leads us further from the truth. The human mind struggles to grasp contradictions. Yet, it is from these contradictions that complexity and depth…
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Students are communists, workers are socialists, and married people are capitalists. A communist is a hypocrite because he wants to take from others what he himself would be incapable of giving if he were in their place. The young or the poor are often open to communist ideas. When you have nothing, you are inclined to share because it costs…
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Many seek to cultivate a mindset of abundance to become wealthy. Historically, the nouveau riche, otherwise known as the bourgeoisie, have always desired what could not be bought with money, such as titles of nobility. Being Rich Means Desiring the Unattainable When we lack something materially, we seek to satisfy basic needs. This distinction between humans and animals may also…
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Only dead fish go with the flow… We all complain at some point about something: we want more money, better health, no longer being alone, etc. This complaining attitude is also synonymous with passivity: by focusing on what we don’t have, we forget what we already have, and this can paralyze our actions. Complaining is like being that dead fish…
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The ability to attract is praised both in psychology and management magazines. Once considered a sin or a transgression—didn’t the serpent seduce Eve and Adam, or didn’t Paris seduce Helen, leading to the Trojan War?—today, seduction is yet another tool in the arsenal of power. Robert Greene, the author of “The Art of Seduction,” expressed it well in his book:…
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