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Here’s a secret: The most successful (and certainly most prolific) creative people are pros at protecting and amplifying the number of full days in their lives. Owning your days is a superpower.
Full Days and the Long Walk
Craig Mod
Crichton coined the term ***Gell-Mann amnesia effect*** to describe the phenomenon of experts reading articles within their fields of expertise and finding them to be error-ridden and full of misunderstanding, but seemingly forgetting those experiences when reading articles in the same publications written on topics outside of their fields of expertise, which they believe to be credible.
Michael Crichton - Wikipedia
wikipedia.org
The U.S.’s point of view on the matter, elucidated at length in any indictment for financial crimes, is that if you have ever touched an electronic dollar, that dollar passed through New York, and therefore you’ve consented to the jurisdiction of the United States. Dollarization is *very intentionally* wielded like a club to accomplish the U.S.’s goals.
The Bond Villain Compliance Strategy
Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
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