Our bodies respond to our beliefs.
The way we think about things can have a profound impact on how our bodies respond.
Alia Crum, psychologist
Statistics is the mathematics of intellectual humility.
All models are wrong, but some are useful.
George E. P. Box, statistician
Sow self; Reap solitude.
The mark of Hell is the ruthless, sleepless, unsmiling concentration upon the self.
C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
How do thoughts corrupt the mind?
Corruption is the exercise of thought for its own benefit.
Jiddu Krishnamurti, philosopher
Adidas and Puma: The Offspring of a Family Feud
Our need to belong can make meaning out of shoes.
Granville D. Austin
You are not your uniform.
The roles we perform are garments; we must never mistake them for our skin.
Granville D. Austin
Survivorship bias doesn’t just shape what we know—it shapes what we ever get the chance to know.
When few survive to tell the story, survivorship bias can make the deadliest diseases the easiest to overlook.
Granville D. Austin
Faith is resilient reliance.
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
The Exploration-Exploitation Trade-Off in daily life.
Exploration is not just a whimsical luxury of education; it is a central benefit.
David Epstein (author of Range: W…
Have we forgotten how much of life is a gift?
What do you have that you did not receive?
St Paul, 1 Corinthians 4:7