"A BS detection heuristic would be to use education in reverse: hire, conditional on an equal set of skills, the person with the least label-oriented education. In addition, people who didn't go to Har…"

"If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don't do it. Obvious decisions (robust to error) …"

"The problem with smart people is they think they know everything."

"The more you try to explain something, the less people understand it."

"Never ask a man if he is from Lacedaemonia. If he is, he will tell you. If he is not, why embarrass him?"