Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Glenn Reynolds on what is college good for? He's not wrong.

- From the archives: How Julia Child used First Principles thinking.

- Paul Graham on how people get rich. He thought enough of the essay to repost it - so I am too.

- DOJ charges 324 in $14.6 billion healthcare fraud scheme. Good - throw the book at them!

Farnam Street Knowledge

How Julia Child used First Principals Thinking.

 "If you want to learn to think for yourself, you can't just follow what someone else came up with." True in cooking - true in life.

Farnam Street Knowledge

 How Julia Child used First Principals Thinking.

 "If you want to learn to think for yourself, you can't just follow what someone else came up with." True in cooking - true in life.

Farnam Street Knowledge

 How Julia Child Used First Principles Thinking.

One of the best real world explanations of first principles thinking you'll read anywhere.

Farnam Street Knowledge

- How Julia Child Used First Principles Thinking

- Learning Through Play 

- Accelerated Learning: Learn Faster and Remember More

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Starting to think the FBI was less messed up and political under J. Edgar Hoover than it was under James Comey.... I'm guessing that one of the side-effects of all this is that once businesses re-open offices are going to significantly increase their office cleaning budgets... When reading about all the FISA Court abuses that happened at the FBI under James Comey - remember that Comey's brother Peter also worked for the Clinton Foundation's law firm DLA Piper while these abuses were happening. It's was a whole den of vipers in Washington... Is there anything less helpful than Twitter's "Trends for you?" Nothing but dumpster fire topics of contention or the names of famous people you might click on only because you're afraid the person passed away... "I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate." - Julia Child...

Primordial Soup With Julia Child

This is just fascinating on so many different levels.

Julia Child cooks up a batch of primordial soup and explains how these simple ingredients produce amino acids - the building blocks of life. This video played in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.