“Suppose someone tells you that he just flipped a coin 10 times and all 10 were heads? What is the probability that the next flip will be heads too? If you think 50%, then you are discounting the very high… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“This saying also implies that if you realize that you are incompetent but do not wish to remain so, you should perhaps go out… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“As we grow up in civilized society, we are measured, evaluated, educated and trained, licensed and credentialed, and are eventually classified and assigned our… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“To do so, we first have to learn to see it for what it is—by cutting through all of the buzzwords, the marketing hype,… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“One of the rudest questions you might hear from an American is "What do you do for a living?" The only proper response is… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“Last, but by no means least, the advance of technology has produced a human population that is far more helpless and dependent than any… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“THE TECHNOSPHERE DOESN’T particularly care whether you live or die, or whether you are happy or miserable. Its goal is to control you and… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“THERE IS A saying I happen to like: Adventure is a sign of incompetence. I find that there is a lot of truth to… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“Suppose someone tells you that he just flipped a coin 10 times and all 10 were heads? What is the probability that the next… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“They will also tell you how far along we are along the depletion curve; the optimists among them will even claim that there is… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“The point is, you must show them how to live and not just teach them theory while contradicting yourself in practice, because cynicism, hypocrisy… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
