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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process.
The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside read more
The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns read more
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more read more
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
