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You don’t have to make the mind quiet. If you end all conflict, the mind naturally becomes quiet. And when the mind is absolutely silent, without any movement of thought, then perhaps you will see something, perhaps there is something sacred beyond all words. And this man has sought everlastingly, something that is beyond measure, beyond thought, which is incorruptible, unnameable, eternal. That can only take place when the mind is absolutely free and completely silent
Total Freedom_ the Essential Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
We distinguish ourselves, the agents, from the action, and everywhere we make use of this scheme—we try to discover an agent behind every phenomenon.
The Will to Power
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The Principal Agent Problem
Summary:
Now, the principal agent problem pops up everywhere in micro economics. The way that they try to characterize it is that the principals incentives are different in the agent's incentives. So the owner of the business wants what is best for the business and will make the most money. The agent generally wants whatever will look good to the principal, or might make them the most friends in the neighborhood or in the business, or might make them personally the most money.
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Now, the principal agent problem pops up everywhere in micro economics. The way that they try to characterize it is that the principals incentives are different in the agent's incentives. So the owner of the business wants what is best for the business and will make the most money. The agent generally wants whatever will look good to the principal, or might make them the most friends in the neighborhood or in the business, or might make them personally the most money.
Principal-Agent Problem — Act Like an Owner
Naval
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