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Curating, Highlighting, Commenting: News, Politics, Finance, Issues, Ideas. Civil discourse welcome. Rational thought.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Only in Congress do people adjust to economic adversity and growing deficits by spending more money.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones.

Certainty is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for thinking deeply.

It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Don't live in an idea bubble. Surround yourself with people you disagree with but who you still love and respect.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Journalists cannot serve two masters. To the extent that they take on the task of suppressing information or biting their tongue for the sake of some political agenda, they are betraying the trust of the public and corrupting their own profession.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Saying "I might be wrong" is not a mark of ignorance. It reveals the absence of insecurity.

Arrogance is a shield for a fragile ego. Humility is a sign of self-assurance.

It takes confidence to admit uncertainty. The people who are the most sure are usually the most insecure.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Changing your mind is not a sign of losing integrity. It's often a mark of gaining wisdom.

Realizing you were wrong doesn't mean you lack judgment. It means you lacked knowledge.

Opinions are what you think today. Growth comes from staying open to revising your views tomorrow.

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

The FTX story keeps getting crazier.

Here are new details that have come out in the last 24 hours:

[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

“…being good at disagreeing doesn't mean shouting louder or arguing harder.

It means figuring out when things are worth debating — and how to debate them respectfully.”

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[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

I’m seeing a growing number of students complain: “My grade doesn’t reflect the effort I put into the course.”

Public service announcement: You don’t get an A for effort. You earn it for excellence.

Success is measured by the level of mastery you show, not how hard you work.

[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.

-Winston Churchill

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom — whether black or white — who find in that paranoid vision an excuse for counterproductive and ultimately self-destructive attitudes and behavior.

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“you have no choice but to vote for Democrats because the far right is so hostile to democracy. To which my answer would be: Well, I did that already. And I was treated like an easy mark by the Dems — who pocketed my vote and ignored all of my concerns.”
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[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best.

[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

“…reckoning with the same awful conclusion I have heard from so many Hispanics, both here and around the country. “The party doesn’t care about us,” Mary Rose tells me. “They pretend to care every two years.””
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[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

Finally.

“Pew Research center found that 61% of U.S. adults today find the Republican Party unfavorable, while 57% shared the same sentiment toward the Democratic Party.”
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[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having been disproved years ago, or even generations ago.

[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

“Most people you meet in everyday life — at work, in the neighborhood — are decent and normal. Even nice.

But hit Twitter or watch the news, and you'd think we were all nuts and nasty.”
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[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

As the country prepared for a brutal, deadly pandemic, elite Washington prepared to cash in.

"Federal officials reported more than 11,600 trades that month, 44% more than in any other month in the analysis."

This shit should be criminal.

https://t.co/GJmnpDdj3t

[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

You don’t say…

As Covid Hit, Washington Officials Traded Stocks With Exquisite Timing - WSJ https://t.co/Irud1XrXR8

[SIX3brief @SIX3brief]

The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn’t first take from someone else.

-Henry Hazlitt