Obligations towards individuals are twofold: we must refrain from directly harming them, and we should not stand idly by when wrongs are perpetrated on others.
“Why had neither he nor anyone else he knew seen this coming? He had the beginning of an answer. “Sam’s oddness,” he said. “His oddness mixed with just how smart he was allowed you to wave away a lot of the concerns. The question of why just goes away.”
― Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
― Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
“Alameda Research, as he was calling the new firm, was going to be different: a vessel to save some vast number of lives.”
― Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
― Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
“Avoid taking advice from someone who gives advice for a living, unless there is a penalty for their advice.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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