The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from
mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.
-- Felix Frankfurter
mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.
-- Felix Frankfurter
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or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their... - Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage... - This system will self-destruct in five
minutes... - To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.
--
Felix... - Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage... - Or, I may not feel that my belief-system needs to be self-consistent
in a post-Goedelian epoch.
Dan'l Danehy... - It has long been an article of our folklore that too much knowledge or skill,
or especially consummate expertise, is a bad thing... - Self-checking systems tend to have a complexity in proportion to
the inherent unreliability of the system in which they are used.
- Tom...
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looking... - Fats Loves
Madelyn... - If it smells it's chemistry, if it crawls it's biology,
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to the subject's true value... - There is nothing like death. To it,
everything is a metaphor...
