Avin

Observing ….

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@BrankoMilan Brilliant observations, as always ..

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@Akshat_World @sanjayuvacha If eventually, govt defaults, on SSY, you think you will remain unscathed with your paper money..

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@TradersCult_IN @latha_venkatesh Looks like a “desperate” move rather than “smart”

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@nntaleb The way Gold has behaved in last 2 years, perhaps calls for a revised edition of Safe Haven by Mark Sptiznagel.

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@nntaleb Should this be interpreted as a change in your barbell strategy which had 90% allocation to T bills ? .. Does some / substantial part of it gets replaced by Gold ?

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@anshuman1tiwari @AUTheBonus Excellent presentation.

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@BrankoMilan Brilliant Indeed !

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

If you read real books, you're curious. If you read the newspapers, you're nosy.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

What does it take to achieve the highest level of human performance? Across athletics, science, chess, and music
@ScienceMagazine
https://t.co/e9EFbJyXQ5

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@nntaleb To watch from the shore the troubles of another,No pleasure this in any man’s distress.
But joy to see the ills from which you are spared,
And joy to see great armies locked in conflict
Across the plains, yourself free from danger.
.. Epicureans Wisdom

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

It is a grave mistake to think that wisdom must be boring.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

I'd rather have governance without democracy than democracy without governance.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Deriving “pride” from comparative accomplishments (cont. measuring oneself by relative position) is usually the mark of someone weak, inept, & insecure.

But boasting a second-hand vicarious pride from the accomplishments of one’s nation or tribe is the mark of a pure loser.

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Exception: counterpride, as a response when some vicarious prider puts you & your tribe down.

[Lauren Wilford @lauren_wilford]

the older I get the less upset I am that our systems don’t work as well as they should, and the more amazed I am that our systems work at all

[rly cool girl @hikingshawty]

quitting my job to focus on walking

[Atlas @DentesLeo]

10 years ago I made the decision to never correct anyone who’s wrong unless I’m paid to do that.

Never been happier.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

If a regime (or entity) requires unremitting, incessant, and unwavering propaganda, advocacy, and cover-up just to survive, it won't survive.

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

The (Machiavellian) rules for survival.
The top guy should not, himself or his family, be corrupt. Modest living.
He should distribute public money to his partisans, but carefully & in moderation.
His partisans should be more corrupt than he, so he can easily dispense of them, if needed.
Not allow any ostentatious consumption.
Not allow income above certain limit.
Not allow wealth above certain limit.
Control the behavior of the kids of the grandees. Punish them if the kids behave badly (like drive the Ferraris).

[Avin @ASN_Champ]

@zerohedge @grok can you summarise this article

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

On X, I can see people & their obsessions.
Some are obsessed with genetic supremacy
Some are obsessed with high fat diets
Some are obsessed with fitness
Some are obsessed with aging
Some are obsessed with their own religion
Some are obsessed with immigration & borders
Some are obsessed with Ramanujan
Some are obsessed with some enemy
Some are obsessed with English country homes
Some are obsessed with the Mediterranean
Some are obsessed with Elon Musk
Some are obsessed with Colonialism
Some are obsessed with Turkish expansionism
Some are obsessed with seed oil
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I am obsessed with good but simple food, crustry bread with olive oil, gravel paths, street life, noisy cafés, silent libraries, walking with friends, and philosophical and scientific rigor.