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Michael   Lewis
“There was a rift in American life that was now coursing through American government. It wasn’t between Democrats and Republicans. It was between the people who were in it for the mission, and the people who were in it for the money.”
Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk

Michael   Lewis
“In 1872, the average American farmer fed roughly four other people; now the average farmer feeds about 155 other people.”
Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

James Clear
“Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity.”
James Clear

Michael   Lewis
“Here is where the Trump administration’s willful ignorance plays a role. If your ambition is to maximize short-term gain without regard to the long-term cost, you are better off not knowing the cost. If you want to preserve your personal immunity to the hard problems, it’s better never to really understand those problems. There is an upside to ignorance, and a downside to knowledge. Knowledge makes life messier. It makes it a bit more difficult for a person who wishes to shrink the world to a worldview.”
Michael Lewis, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

David   Epstein
“the correlation between the test of broad conceptual thinking and GPA was about zero. In Flynn’s words, “the traits that earn good grades at [the university] do not include critical ability of any broad significance.”*”
David Epstein, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

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