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One of the Turk’s own commanders had recently warned him that his brutality was on the verge of igniting a powder keg. Cruelty had to be calibrated; if the Turk and the Butcher pushed the Cretans too far, the entire island could erupt in waves of suicide attacks. Already the Resistance was a handful—imagine it without a shred of survival instinct.
Natural Born Heroes
Christopher McDougall
Paul: So the whole reason we got into doing startups synchronously, meaning a whole bunch at once, was to teach ourselves how to be investors. The first summer, the first time we did Y Combinator, it was a summer program for undergrads. In computer science, or probably in engineering generally, summer jobs are throwaway jobs. Google will hire college students during the summer in the hopes of recruiting them when they graduate. Google does not expect them to actually get shit done during the summer. So it’s kind of a throwaway for everyone involved. So we figured, since everyone in college treats summer jobs as throwaways, we’ll say, start a throwaway startup. And these guys could come and learn how to start a startup while we learn how to be investors on them. And so they would probably be shitty founders, and we would be shitty investors, but no one would blame either, because we each got what we deserved. [laughs] What ended up happening was that we were better investors than we thought, and the founders were better founders than we thought.
Interviews With the Masters
Robert Greene
Long ago, Buffett said that an investment lifetime scorecard should include just twenty punches. My funds have never, ever held so few stocks. Even when I see nothing on offer that Buffett would completely approve of, my mandate is to act. I don’t see the world in black and white, only in shades of gray. Plus, I’m curious and interested in learning, and so I often test the boundaries of my circle of competence. I try to see things from others’ perspective and uncover the good in people before I judge them. In the process, I’ve met a few bad guys. Permanence and resilience intrigue me, but experimentation and adaptability fascinate me. While I’m more patient than many, I’m not immune to the exhilaration of a sudden windfall. Still, I do want to invest safely. I won’t buy an asset unless it is: 1. Safe from rash decisions 2. Safe from misunderstanding of facts 3. Safe from foreseeable fiduciary misuse 4. Safe from obsolescence, commoditization, and overleverage 5. Safe when the future doesn’t turn out as imagined
Big Money Thinks Small
Joel Tillinghast
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