What is it that escapes the observation of poets?
What is that act which women are incapable of doing?
What is that which a drunkard will not babble?
What is that which a crow will not eat?

Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man. . . .

Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations

they are the device of another to get you into his power. . . .

Baltasar Gracian)

Once you step into a fight that is not of your own choosing, you lose all initiative.

The combatants’ interests become your interests; you become their tool.

Learn to control yourself, to restrain your natural tendency to take sides and join the fight.

Most people operate in a whirlpool of emotions, constantly reacting, churning up squabbles and conflicts.

Your self-control and autonomy will only bother and infuriate them.

Slowness to pick up your weapons can be a weapon itself, especially if you let other people exhaust themselves fighting, then take advantage of their exhaustion.

R. Greene

I am posting it late here, as this free conference is Sept. 5h-8th.

SYMPOSIUM VENUE AND DATE

Stanford University | Cubberley Auditorium |

From the website:

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OBJECTIVES

During this decade, we have witnessed the emergence of a new discipline called metascience, metaresearch, or the science of science. Most exciting is the fact that this is emerging as a truly interdisciplinary enterprise with contributors from every domain of research. This symposium serves as a formative meeting for metascience as a discipline. The meeting will bring together leading scholars that are investigating questions related to themes such as:

• How do scientists generate ideas?
• How are our statistics, methods, and measurement practices affecting our capacity to identify robust findings?
• Does the distinction between exploratory and confirmatory research matter?
• What is replication and its impact and its value?
• How do scientists interpret and treat evidence?
• What are the cultures and norms of science?”

Books I am reading


1. Forbes Book of Quotations: 10,000 Thoughts on the Business of Life, by T. Goodman

2. Masters of Corporate Venture Capital, by A. Romans