In fact, while we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren’t there, we hear their voices, we watch the battle of Borodino with them, we may even become Napoleon. Sanity returns (in most cases) when
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“Basically, all emotions are modifications of one primordial, undifferentiated emotion that has its origin in the loss of awareness of who you are beyond name and form.”
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
― The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“The commercial banker performs three near-sacred functions central to any capitalist society: the safeguarding of other people’s money; the provision of working capital to businesses, without which the economy cannot function; and the creation of money. By contrast, the investment banker sells stocks and bonds to the public, a much riskier and morally more ambiguous activity.”
― The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
― The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
“Monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles during their migration across North America,”
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
“human phenomenon: our species’ preference for “positively skewed outcomes”—ones with low-probability but enormous payoffs, even if the average of all payoffs is negative.”
― The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
― The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
“The primary function of financial capitalism is to efficiently funnel money from those with an excess of it to those who need it.”
― The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
― The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
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