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Book of Ironwolf: The universe does not care about you.

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Ongoing commentary on The Book of Ironwolf
Let’s divide people into two camps. The first camp holds people who think this statement obvious. Congratulations, you people already have wisdom about this. The second camp holds the vast majority, who find this statement terrifying; because it reminds them that not only does the universe not center upon […]

Book of Ironwolf: You will benefit more from applying the wisdom you already know than you will from learning more wisdom.

Monday, December 19th, 2005

In 2002 I put the finishing touches on one revision of The Book of Ironwolf— my personal compendium of wisdom. In the preface I wrote:
…as almost any wise statement (however short) can become the subject of a full-length book, I also opt for brevity, avoiding long-winded expositions of why I think each point has value.
While […]