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We collapse systemic problems into personalized narratives, and when we do, we cloud our understanding of American politics and confuse our theories of repair. We try to fix the system by changing the people who run it, only to find that
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“Let me do it. I’m the grown-up. You get to be the child.”
― The War I Finally Won
― The War I Finally Won
“There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
“I will have no man in my boat," said Starbuck, "who is not afraid of a whale." By this, he seemed to mean, not only that the most reliable and useful courage was that which arises from the fair estimation of the encountered peril, but that an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.”
― Moby-Dick
― Moby-Dick
“Was he the kind of man you wanted next to you in a foxhole?—a saying used almost always by men who had never been in foxholes about other men who had never been in foxholes either.”
― The Education of a Coach
― The Education of a Coach
“It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
Jon’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jon’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
256 books
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158 friends
2,094 books
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152 friends
143 books
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225 friends
24 books
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50 friends
307 books
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10 friends
148 books
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128 friends
1 book
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41 friends
342 books
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139 friends
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