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The other important similarity is that each game requires two complementary skill sets: the ability to evaluate potential partners and the ability to attract good partners. In sex, the partners we’re looking for are mates. In social status, we’re looking for friends and associates. And in politics, we’re looking for allies, people to team up with.
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
It’s hard running a small business. No matter where you stand in the political spectrum, the amount of regulation an American business has to deal with is fucking insane. From incorporation, liability, accounting, human resources, and taxes, the system is rigged for those who already succeeded. We have 2 full time employees and we spend over $6000 a year to make sure we comply with all the payroll and labor laws across multiple states and the federal government. But at least government regulation is a known, predictable cost.
The Fucking Open Web
Eran Hammer
Even Ryoan-ji’s famous rock garden has its Disney attributes. Those rocks—what are they, besides being just rocks? Well, they are various things. They are manifestations of the infinite, or they are islands in the ocean, a section of the famous Inland Sea. Or (a very Disney touch, this) they are a mother tiger and her frolicking cubs.
A Lateral View
Donald Richie
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