http://trustmanifesto.com Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:12:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a recent Time magazine "10 Questions" interview, the Dalai Lama gave this answer: How do you stay so optimistic and faithful when there is so much hate in the world? —Joana Cotar, FRANKFURT I always look at any event from a wider angle. There's always some problem, some killing, some murder ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=194 Nothing exists as a block And cannot be parceled up. So if nothing's ventured It's not just talk; It's the big wager - Kay Ryan http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=193 What you cannot enforce, do not command. -Sophocles http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=192 Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier. Blore's Razor http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=191 I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry. -Learned Hand http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=189 The Trust Manifesto is about calculated altruism. There is a place for regular altruism in this world; I am a big believer in karma. However, for those people willing to dive deeper into economics, psychology, and statistics, there are plenty of other reasons to extend trust. By understanding, combining and applying ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=187 “To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.” - Henri Poincare http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=184 Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of humankind as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing at all. - Helen Keller http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=182 The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail. - Walt Whitman http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=178 If this is your first time here, welcome. You should know that the entries are in reverse chronological order, with the newest postings first. But you might want to start with the oldest postings for some context, so take a look at this set of entries from November, 2005. http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=167 I know in my heart that man is good That what is right will always eventually triumph And there is a purpose and worth to each and every life. - Ronald Reagan http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=166 Only the madman is absolutely sure.  -Robert Anton Wilson http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=165 Knowing what / Thou knowest not / Is in a sense / Omniscience. -Piet Hein http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=164 In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. -- Bill Cosby http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=163 We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there -- lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=162 People have got to do as Cromwell said: "not only trust in Providence, but keep the powder dry." Do your part of the work, or you cannot succeed. Mahomet, one night, while encamping in the desert, overheard one of his fatigued followers remark: "I will loose my camel, and trust ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=161 People have generally three epochs in their confidence in man. In the first they believe him to be everything that is good, and they are lavish with their friendship and confidence. In the next, they have had experience, which has smitten down their confidence, and they then have to be ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=160 When young, we trust ourselves too much, and we trust others too little when old. Rashness is the error of youth, timid caution of age. Manhood is the isthmus between the two extremes; the ripe and fertile season of action, when alone we can hope to find the head to ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=159 Every week night, Lou Dobbs rants about the evils of illegal immigration, and many politicians also get mileage out of that. However a recent study shows that one argument they use is simply wrong: "Immigrants in [California], about 35 percent of adults, are far less likely than native-born Americans to commit crimes, ... http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=158 It's conventional to say, "only the paranoid survive" but that's not true. The paranoid die because the paranoid take all threats as serious and get very distracted. - Reed Hastings, Netflix http://trustmanifesto.com/?p=157