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“People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up”
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“...yesterday, returning from Wawela I had some ethnological ideas, but I can't remember what they were.”
― A Diary in the Strictest Sense of the Term
― A Diary in the Strictest Sense of the Term
“Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse”
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“It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns)”
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German’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at German’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1 book
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3 friends
1 book
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6 friends
1 book
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1 friend
0 books
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11 friends
0 books
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3 friends
3 books
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45 friends
0 books
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33 friends
Favorite Genres
Business, Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Self help, and Spirituality
Polls voted on by German
Lists liked by German
