Any Time Someone Puts A Lock On

The Idea That Bigger Haystacks Have More Needles In Them Is Dumb On Its Face

He Hated It When Adults Told Him He Only Felt The Way He Did Because He Was Young. As If Being Young Was Like Being Insane Or Drunk, Like The Convictions He Held Were Hallucinations Caused By A Mental Illness That Could Only Be Cured By Waiting Five Years.

He Had Them As Spellbound As A Room Full Of Ewoks Listening To C-3po.

If The Best Way To Learn To Succeed Is To Fail As Fast As Possible, Then The Second-best Way Is To Watch Someone Else Fail As Fast As Possible. Watching Someone Else Screw Up Is A Kind Of Rehearsal For Your Own Eventual Downfall. A Close Observation Of Someone Else's Attempt To Resolve A Difficulty Is A Great Way To Acquire Real-world Insight Into Whether And When To Deploy Their Method In Your Own Times Of Trouble.

It May Be Hard To Monetize Fame, But It Is Impossible To Monetize Obscurity.