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In the constrained vision, the concept of “nationbuilding” is a fundamental misconception. Nations may grow and evolve but cannot be built.
A Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell
The Chinese and Persians did not lack technological inventions such as steam engines (which could be freely copied or bought). They lacked the values, myths, judicial apparatus and sociopolitical structures that took centuries to form and mature in the West and which could not be copied and internalised rapidly.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
For our purposes, we will define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
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