Quotes

A fundamental premise of valuism is that the act of valuing takes place at the level of the individual, and thus the individual is

There’s this American dream to put away enough that you can golf and build a birdhouse or just be in the Barcalounger watching football

“The four stages of acceptance: 1. This is worthless nonsense. 2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view. 3. This is true,

letter from the editors about speed of change in media

No man is rich who could have more by doing less Black Sails

opposite of Rand in sense of life

In divorcing her husband, the idea of forking over a big check was particularly distasteful—much more so than it has been for my divorced

guy points out to biological empathy and breakdown of individualism

Northhampton England was for centuries a shoe making hub. Then it got decimated in 1980s by off-shoring. But then it experienced a rebound with

“Well, everyone’s life is grotesque if you look close enough. I don’t shy away from that side.”