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At twenty-one, Richard Wright was not the world-famous author he would eventually be. But poor and black, he decided he would read and no one could stop him. Did he storm the library and make a scene? No, not in the Jim Crow South he didn’t. Instead, he forged a note that said, “Dear Madam: Will you please let this nigger boy have some books by HL Mencken?” (because no one would write that about themselves, right?), and checked them out with a stolen library card, pretending they were for someone else.
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
They’re best keeping the prices high and having a product that pirates aspire, one day, to own legally.
Don't Just Roll the Dice - A Usefully Short Guide to Software Pricing
Neil Davidson
Predicting what the world will look like fifty years from now is impossible. But predicting that people will still respond to greed, fear, opportunity, exploitation, risk, uncertainty, tribal affiliations, and social persuasion in the same way is a bet I’d take.
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
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