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rickColosimo / July 27, 2013
The union of two principles: Enhance liberty toward Pareto-optimality Rely only on empirical evidence for the rest See also: the Occam’s Razor of politics
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rickColosimo / December 18, 2012
I often write in a prolific burst when starting a post, rushing to get the thoughts out of my head and onto the screen. But, in looking back over many old posts at ThoughtStorm or rickcolosimo.com,...
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rickColosimo / December 10, 2012
Nutella and banana is the Bob Dylan of crepes, if crepes could write songs. — rickcolosimo (@rickcolosimo) June 4, 2012
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rickColosimo / November 16, 2012
This is truly one of my favorite quotes: I can explain all the poems that ever were invented — and a good many that haven’t been invented just yet. Humpty Dumpty
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rickColosimo / July 3, 2012
Negative externalities is what economists think when they overhear “pull my finger.” — @rickcolosimo, July 3, 2012 Oh yeah. I’ve got more.
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rickColosimo / March 4, 2011
Two standard deviations above asshole is ‘brilliant.’ -RJC I forgot how I got onto this topic with my friend Tom, but it made sense at the time. Promise.
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rickColosimo / December 31, 2010
One more reason being a great planner isn’t always so good: If only she’d known that finished is the new perfect. If only she’d known that planning is the gateway drug to procrastination. From Scot...
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rickColosimo / December 30, 2010
It is certainly true that what a person is determines how he writes or speaks. But the converse is also true, at least in part. In the struggle to give clear and natural and forceful and sometimes ...
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rickColosimo / November 23, 2010
“And hanging crooked above his desk is a cheap black frame that contains an inspirational quote that has been attributed to Calvin Coolidge. Under the heading PRESS ON, it reads:” Nothing in the wo...
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rickColosimo / November 22, 2010
I recently saw this Lifehacker post on Quotabl.es, which is a standalone website that will collect and keep quotes that you like. It allows for tagging quotes and the [now-obligatory] ability to sh...
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rickColosimo / November 18, 2010
Here are two related quotes that resurfaced in my life today (well, one did and that always makes me think of the second): Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupid...
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rickColosimo / November 5, 2010
I wonder if there’s a WordPress plugin to count all the parentheses in my blog posts. Quotation of the Day: A picturesque talent will express itself in concrete images; a genial nature will smile i...
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rickColosimo / November 3, 2010
So I was just watching a video of “some guy” (deliberately vague now because I’m going to sort of make fun of him in a minute) talking about how he uses Scrivener on his Mac for writing. But he pro...
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