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Thought for the Day: “He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.” ― Ludwig von Mises Birthdays: 1605 Orazio Benevoli: Gloria, dalla Missa Pastoralis 1715 James Nares: Allegro from Sonata no.2 played 1721 Roger Sherman 1772 David Ricardo 1798 Heinrich Maria von Hess 1817 John Philip “Spanish John” 1850 Edward…

Thought for the Day: “I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” ― Elon Musk…

Thought for the Day: “It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” ― Alfred Adler Birthdays: 1568 Christophe Thomas Walliser MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth RELATED: Collateral Global

April 16, 2023 Thought for the Day: “Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when he merges his person into an organizational structure, a new creature replaces autonomous man, unhindered by the limitations of individual morality, freed of…

Thought for the Day: “Adults are starved for a kind word. When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral. If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise.” ― Scott Adams…

Thought for the Day: “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” ― Christopher Hitchens Birthdays: 1629 Christiaan Huygens 1638 Diogo Dias Melgás: In ieiunio et fletu, and Adoratio Crucis 1803 Friedrich von Amerling 1889 Arnold J. Toynbee MISCELLANY: AN ORGANIZATION YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT: No One Left Behind FOCUSED PROTECTION: The…

Thought for the Day: “It’s not entirely absurd to think that somewhere in the past of mankind someone, for the first time, did in his mind the equivalent of putting an adjective to a noun, and saw, not only a relationship, but this special relationship between two things of different kinds….In sum, all the seemingly complicated kinds…

Thought for the Day: “Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.” ― George Washington Carver Birthdays: 1716 Felice Giardini: Concerto op.15 n.1, and concerto op.15 n.4 1722 Pietro Nardini: Violin Sonata No. 4 Op. 5 – II. Allegro…

Thought for the Day: “One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.” ― Khalil Gibran Birthdays: 1661 Antoine Coypel 1681 Anne Danican Philidor: Sonata pour la flute à bec 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret: Fanfares…

Thought for the Day: “THE WHOLE ARGUMENT of this book may be summed up in the statement that in studying the effects of any given economic proposal we must trace not merely the immediate results but the results in the long run, not merely the primary consequences but the secondary consequences, and not merely the…