You Are What You Eat (Newsletter 056)
We humans are profoundly affected by another type of consumption besides what we put in our mouths, and that is what we put in our minds.
112 - On New Students - Moral Letters for Modern Times
Philosophy always welcomes new students.
111 - On Clever People - Moral Letters for Modern Times
We are distracted by surface appearances because they are the first things we see. You should seek to understand the deeper meaning, and to be aware that in the wrong hands words can hide as much as they reveal.
Can Big Government Spending Make Anything Better?(Newsletter 055)
I'd argue that the single greatest problem in government is lack of accountability: we look only to the desirability of the policy objective and not to how well our policies achieve the intended result.
110 - On The Value Of Wealth - Moral Letters for Modern Times
The true responsibility of parents is to raise their children to be capable of safely making their own way in the world, and not to remove every obstacle from their paths.
109 - On Your Associations - Moral Letters for Modern Times
If you wish to have a better understanding of the world, spend time in the company of people who demonstrate their depth of perception and see beyond the surface of things.
What Giving up a Little Bit of Freedom Could Get Us (Newsletter 054)
It wasn't until we moved to Switzerland and lived there a spell that the upside of knowing where people are became clearer.
108 - On A Learning Mind - Moral Letters for Modern Times
When you are told by experts what to think you may become a believer, but you will not become a thinker.
107 - On Accepting The Inevitable - Moral Letters for Modern Times
By thinking on all the things that can happen to you, you prepare yourself to deal with them appropriately.
What if Ray Dalio is Right? (Newsletter 053)
Do you think we can face our challenges honestly? Will we allow division and internal struggles to lead to decline?
