Sublime

any time inside football soon discovered that just as oil was part of the oil business, stupidity was part of the football business.

there.

‘I can do business with stupid people,’ he said afterwards, ‘and I can do business with crooks. But I can’t do business with stupid people who want to be crooks.’

happiness less as a goal and more as a by-product of mastery and meaning.

Adam Phillips

Malamud’s conclusion: “The benefits to increased match quality . . . outweigh the greater loss in skills.” Learning stuff was less important than learning about oneself. Exploration is not just a whimsical luxury of education; it is a central benefit.