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"Introduction down! Very well-written so far and I'm excited to see where it goes next. Summarises the mainstream view -- that Iran is a modern nation-state that sees resistance to America as vital to its security.
Also, the notion among leadership that pressure from America will increase the closer Iran gets to its goals does not bode particularly well for a lasting peace deal." — Apr 06, 2026 03:25AM
"Introduction down! Very well-written so far and I'm excited to see where it goes next. Summarises the mainstream view -- that Iran is a modern nation-state that sees resistance to America as vital to its security.
Also, the notion among leadership that pressure from America will increase the closer Iran gets to its goals does not bode particularly well for a lasting peace deal." — Apr 06, 2026 03:25AM
“These days, there are angry ghosts all around us, dead from wars, sickness, starvation--and nobody cares. So you say you're under a curse? Well, so what? So's the whole damned world.”
― Princess Mononoke Film Comic, Vol. 1
― Princess Mononoke Film Comic, Vol. 1
“Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in economics that can be established independently of political, and frequently moral, judgements. Therefore, when faced with an economic argument, you must ask the age-old question ‘Cui bono?’ (Who benefits?), first made famous by the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.”
― Economics: The User's Guide
― Economics: The User's Guide
“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Let me insist that erudition is important to me. It signals genuine intellectual curiosity. It accompanies an open mind and the desire to probe the ideas of others. Above all, an erudite can be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and such dissatisfaction is a wonderful shield against Platonicity, the simplifications of the five-minute manager, or the philistinism of the overspecialized scholar. Indeed, scholarship without erudition can lead to disasters.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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