“To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, ‘I wish I had known this some time ago.’” –Roger Zelazny Once, several years ago, we actually invested in stocks as opposed to index funds. One of those stock picks was Apple. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but it had something to do with Apple … Read more
Monkey Brain Needs a Watch “Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” –Hector Berlioz Have you ever tried to make up for lost time? How did you do it? Did you hop into Wells’s Time Machine and go back? No? Why not? It’s because you can’t actually make up … Read more
“I said that the monkey brain cure itself is a certain leaf, but in addition to the drug there is a certain charm, which if someone chants when he makes use of it, the medicine altogether restores him to health, but without the charm there is no profit from the leaf.” –Plato When I was … Read more
“A monkey brain good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” –Plato When I was at West Point, there was quite a focus on combat arms (infantry, tankers, field artillery, air defense, etc.). Every running cadence I can remember that I sang, or, rather, gasped through, had to do with the combat arms; … Read more