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A Soviet Prisoner's View on What's Important

"Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book." - Joseph Brodsky

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Jul 27, 2021

The Psychology of Human Misjudgment

“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want."

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Jul 19, 2021

Planning the Attack on Pearl Harbor

A desperate gamble

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Jun 13, 2021

Habits Maketh the Man

and Un-Maketh Him, Too

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Jun 06, 2021

John Law and the Mississippi Bubble

The Scotsman, his paper money, and his stories brought France much prosperity, for a time

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Mar 18, 2021

But What For Takeaways - No. 025

"One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world." Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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Mar 15, 2021

Uncommon Common Sense - Frederick Taylor Gates

“He combines business skill and philanthropic aptitude to a higher degree than any other man I have ever known.”

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Mar 11, 2021

But What For Takeaways - No. 024

"The reason I'm here," he finished his story, "is that the Americans didn't run out of tanks.”

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Mar 04, 2021

But What For Takeaways - No. 023

"The first rule of a happy life is low expectations. That’s one you can easily arrange. If you have unrealistic expectations, you’re going to be miserable all your life."

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Feb 28, 2021

Simple Sabotage Field Manual - How to Destroy Your Organizations

"The purpose of this paper is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing it."

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