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Monkey Brain Knew It All Along

Monkey Brain Knew It All Along

“To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, ‘I wish I had known this some time ago.’” –Roger Zelazny Once, several years ago, we actually invested in stocks as opposed to index funds. One of those stock picks was Apple. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but it had something to do with Apple … Read more

Monkey Brain Needs a Watch

Monkey Brain Needs a Watch

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” – Hector Berlioz Have you ever tried to make up for lost time? How did you do it? Did you hop into Wells’s Time Machine and go back? No? Why not? It’s because you can’t actually make up for lost time. When we … Read more

Monkey Brain Takes a Placebo

Monkey Brain Takes a Placebo

“I said that the monkey brain cure itself is a certain leaf, but in addition to the drug there is a certain charm, which if someone chants when he makes use of it, the medicine altogether restores him to health, but without the charm, there is no profit from the leaf.” –Plato When I was … Read more