Bits

Short observations. One-liners. Things I believe or find interesting.

The feeling of learning is mostly the feeling of not learning anything new.
Nothing's duller than poetry in translation.
The more someone insists they're something, the less likely they are.
'Improve your communication skills' usually means 'get better at bullshitting.'
Getting lucky is worse than borrowing. At least with debt you know how much you owe.
There is no faster way to do something than not doing it at all.
You remember messages you sent that went unanswered better than messages you never answered.
Life gets better as you replace transactions with relationships unless you are the only one who replaced.
If you need jargon to describe it, you probably don't understand it.
The easiest decisions are the ones you don't have to live with.
The easiest way to get anything is to deserve it. 'Easy' doesn't mean 'quick.'
We can describe an insult as a debt unpaid. The best response is to bankrupt the creditor.
Theories that can't be wrong usually aren't right either.
You'll be known for the most absurd things you do.
I speak openly on everything, even on matters beyond my full understanding. My opinions show the limits of my own view, not the limits of the things themselves.
Almost always good is done for no reason, and evil for some reason.
Fight bureaucrats by making their rules irrelevant, not by protesting them. The state can't ban what it doesn't understand.
Not maximizing your potential is actually the sweet spot in a world where perfecting one skill compromises another.
Beauty is enhanced by unashamed irregularities.
You can't learn what people think by asking them. They don't know themselves.
If you want to make people miserable, pay them (generously and predictably) for their 'hobbies'.
Nothing's nerdier than explaining poetry.
Identity in its purest Latin sense: to have an identity is to be unlike anything else. What makes you yourself is what makes you unlike anything else.
Chasing status is the surest sign you don't have it. The highest status is not needing any.
You cannot become a media mogul while being addicted to media; you cannot build a distraction empire while being distracted.