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PetrMisan

@petrmisan

Investor, amateur philosopher & retired company CTO. Blogs about Philosophy, Art, Strategy, Politics, Soccer, Sex, Finance & Cryptocurrencies

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PetrMisan
@petrmisan Nov 6, 2018, 5:29 PM UTC

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@petrmisan Aug 12, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

Why you shouldn't slow down to look at a road accident [Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling]

## People slow down to enjoy a look at the wreckage on the other side of the divider. ## Curiosity has the same effect as a bottle-neck. ## Even the driver who, when he arrives at the site, is ten mi…

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@petrmisan Aug 2, 2018, 6:21 AM UTC

Elon Musk likes artsy chicks

# To date, we know that Elon Musk has dated/married a successful: # Novelist # Television Actor (twice) # Movie Actor # Musician. # I hope the thing with Grimes works out. # But if it does not, then…

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@petrmisan Aug 1, 2018, 11:42 AM UTC

The Conman's Magic Trick

## The real confidence game feeds on the desire for magic, exploiting our endless taste for an existence that is more extraordinary and somehow more meaningful. ## But when we’re falling for a con, w…

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@petrmisan Jul 31, 2018, 12:31 PM UTC

How Men Shop vs How Women Shop

## Observe how women and men shop and you’ll see that not much has changed. ## Women feel fabric, try on shoes with a dress, and ask to see things in different colors. ## Men see something that can s…

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@petrmisan Jul 31, 2018, 4:16 AM UTC

Embracing Rejection

# The main reason for embracing rejection is that rejection is better than regret. Rollo Tomassi, 'The Rational Male' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FK901R8

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@petrmisan Jul 23, 2018, 2:17 AM UTC

What a longer life does to society

## Conventionally, living for longer is seen as being older for longer. ## There is evidence that this convention will be reversed and people will be younger for longer. ## This is playing out in thr…

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@petrmisan Jun 20, 2018, 7:39 AM UTC

Being immortal will change what we will do with our time (Nick Bostrom)

## In devising the sort of projects that lend meaning and a sense of cohesion to our lives, we presuppose that we will live for a certain number of years; say, until we are eighty. ## Projects and am…

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@petrmisan Jun 19, 2018, 12:20 AM UTC

On Spotting Our Own Biases (Eliezer Yudkowsky)

## We’re especially loath to think of our views as inaccurate compared to the views of others. ## Even when we correctly identify others’ biases, we have a special bias blind spot when it comes to ou…

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@petrmisan Jun 18, 2018, 2:35 AM UTC

The Politics of Italian Fashion: Versace as 'New Money'

## While the fashion house was based in Milan, none of the Versaces had particularly liked the city. ## They had come from Italy’s deep south, a languid, backward, mafia-ridden region that was the an…

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