We are all prisoners of our own experiences.
我们都是自己经历的囚徒。
The function of a system of hypotheses is to warn us beforehand what will be our experience—to enable us to make accurate predictions.
What you actually pay for something is at least twice the listed price because of the energy, time, money needed to set it up, learn, maintain, repair, and dispose of at the end. Not all prices appear on labels. Actual costs are 2x listed prices.
There is no such thing as great wisdom in the world, just as there is no such thing as talent. What exists is triviality. If you keep doing repetitive things, you become an expert; if you do repetitive things with special focus, you become a master.
"We don't get to choose our own hearts. We can't make ourselves want what's good for us or what's good for other people."
I'm addicted to winning. The feeling is just incredible.