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“Rational flâneur (or just flâneur): Someone who, unlike a tourist, makes a decision opportunistically at every step to revise his schedule (or his destination) so he can imbibe things based on new information obtained. In research and entrepreneurship, being a flâneur is called “looking for optionality.”
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
― Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“Resentment, born of weakness, harms no one more than the weak person himself.”
― Ecce Homo
― Ecce Homo
“New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous.
But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”
― America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.”
― America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction
John’s 2025 Year in Books
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