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For those interested in the fundamental structure of the physical world, the experimental verification of violations of Bell’s inequality constitutes the most significant event of the past half-century

Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity_ Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics

Tim Maudlin

The solution societies find, as they get more specialized, is to make the trade into a two-step process. Instead of trading violins directly for potatoes, you trade violins for, say, silver, which you can then trade again for anything else you need. The intermediate stuff—the medium of exchange—can be anything that’s rare and portable. Historically metals have been the most common, but recently we’ve been using a medium of exchange, called the dollar, that doesn’t physically exist.

Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age

Paul Graham

Nassim Taleb writes, “Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty. You are the source of our antifragility. Our nation thanks you.

Tren Griffin - A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs

2017, Columbia University Press

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