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For instance, in the early 2000s, the writer Fay Weldon was paid by the jewelry chain Bulgari to advertise their brand by weaving recommendations for their great products into the plot of her novel. A nightmare ensued; there was a generalized feeling of disgust on the part of the literary community.
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
There on the hill, Ayah watched me. She didn’t move toward me, but she watched. She called me with her eyes. Now that I’ve been a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, I suspect I know what she felt: both heartbreak for me and a deep understanding that things would eventually be all right. She knew I would get through it, even when I didn’t. And every day when I arrived at the top of that hill, she would scoop me up, hold me in her shawl, and rock me.
The Well-Lived Life
Gladys McGarey and Mark Hyman
Greatness is incompatible with optimizing in the short term. To achieve greatness requires a long view. Raise your time horizon to raise your goal.
Excellent Advice for Living
Kevin Kelly
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