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“doing well with money has a little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach,”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“Out of 104 tanks in the unit, fewer than 20 were operable. Engineers quickly found the issue. Historian William Craig writes: “During the weeks of inactivity behind the front lines, field mice had nested inside the vehicles and eaten away insulation covering the electrical systems.” The Germans had the most sophisticated equipment in the world. Yet there they were, defeated by mice.”
― The Psychology of Money
― The Psychology of Money
“The primary task for people in power in America had for decades been to distract the public from unrest and divide accordingly”
― Let Them Whimper: A Fully Justified (In No Way Personal) Argument for the Abandonment of Humankind: A Novel
― Let Them Whimper: A Fully Justified (In No Way Personal) Argument for the Abandonment of Humankind: A Novel
“I’m okay.” I’m not, but that’s just what you say.”
― Home Is Where the Bodies Are
― Home Is Where the Bodies Are
“Now that we know how positive reinforcement works and why negative doesn’t,” he said at last, “we can be more deliberate, and hence more successful, in our cultural design. We can achieve a sort of control under which the controlled, though they are following a code much more scrupulously than was ever the case under the old system, nevertheless feel free. They are doing what they want to do, not what they are forced to do. That’s the source of the tremendous power of positive reinforcement—there’s no restraint and no revolt. By a careful cultural design, we control not the final behavior, {247} but the inclination to behave—the motives, the desires, the wishes.”
― Walden Two
― Walden Two
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