# Some Thoughts

**Published by:** [Maksym Sherman](https://paragraph.com/@maksymsherman/)
**Published on:** 2023-09-23
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Delayed gratification is a sign of civilizationExistence doesn't require perfection, so imperfection doesn't imply a need for non-existenceThe problem with school is that schoolwork is top of mindIt’s important to go deep on a topic early in life to understand that most opinions in the world are too simplisticThe world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation(I don't take enough action)Counterfactuals are hard to think about. It's essential to think about counterfactualsKey to understanding people is getting to see them in various contextsIf you think you’re good at something—you’re bad at it. The better we know something, the more we realize how far away we are from knowing it wellNo one should use "former" and "latter" in the same sentence. "First" and "second" is more intuitiveMaybe we don’t have much innovation because we have too much communication. Innovation requires going against what others think is possiblePeople have a persisting tendency to rise (or fall) to what’s expected of themEvery sufficiently advanced creation gets used for warNot everything is Pareto improving and that’s fineChinese medicine is healthcare, Western medicine is sickcareLoneliness is felt around others; solitude is felt around yourselfEvolution by natural selection can only make statements about the pastDifferentiating exceptional from great is more important than differentiating great from goodLife is a series of competing objectives. Defining the objectives is harder than playing the game of lifeMost businesses should not be run unless the owner has a condition that prevents them from not running itHousing as an investment is incompatible with housing as a rightNot thinking in accordance with the times is a sign of independent thinkingTime horizons are positively correlated with positive-sum behavior

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