Cameron Gray

“People often need to suspend their self-promotion, and have someone in their lives they do not need to impress. This explains dog ownership.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“writing it down on paper or on a computer where you can see it is because the brain, unlikely as it may sound, is no place for serious thinking. Any time you have serious thinking to do, the first step is to get the whole shootin’ match out of your head and set it up someplace where you can walk around it and see it from all sides. Attack, switch sides and counter-attack. You can’t do that while it’s still in your head. Writing it out allows you to act as your own teacher, your own critic, your own opponent. By externalizing your thoughts, you can become your own guru; judging yourself, giving feedback, providing a more objective and elevated perspective.”
― Jed McKenna, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing

“Wisdom in the young is as unattractive as frivolity in the elderly.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“Most people fear being without audiovisual stimulation because they are too repetitive when they think and imagine things on their own.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms