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Benjamin Franklin.

No More Worlds to Conquer: Sixteen People Who Defined Their Time – And What They Did Next by Chris Wright

'...Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should We c…

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." -Einstein

Jake Lodwick = Cofounder of Vimeo (acquired by IAC), first dev of CollegeHumor (acquired by IAC), and a serial investor. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jakob-lodwick

"An acquisition is always a failure" — Pando, 2013 "An acquisition, or an aqui-hire, is always a failure. Either the founders failed to achieve their goal, or – far likelier – they…

Great book: "No More Worlds to Conquer: Sixteen People Who Defined Their Time – And What They Did Next" by Chris Wright

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_%22Bud%22_Lewis_Carlsba...

Ironic: "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." —Gates, 1995 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#The_Road_Ahead_(199...

"At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities."

Exactly — THE WAY OUT IS UP: https://marriottexpeditions.org/finalmarket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song

"I am persuaded no constitution was ever before so well calculated as ours for extensive empire and self government." Full context of "empire": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire…

Gig'em.

Accepting the truth is far less painful than rediscovering it.

"The system is insolvent. No one knows what to do next — except repeat the insanity till the next bubble blows. That'll be the one. The big one." — Gekko, Wall Street 2, 2010 #thew…

"The system is insolvent. No one knows what to do next — except repeat the insanity till the next bubble blows. That'll be the one. The big one." — Gekko, Wall Street 2, 2010 #thew…

Live long and prosper, Captain.

The way out is up.

"Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory." —Franklin Pierce Adams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of_Wealth

No.