ery from their future and crimes from society. — Benjamin Franklin Charles Darwin observed that of all the differen

and eliminate artificial needs, not live like a monk—big difference. It incorporates actionable principles and short stories ranging from Socrates to Benjamin Franklin and the Bhagavad Gita to modern economists. The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur (192 pages) BY RANDY KOMISAR T

. Life is often more complicated and we have many logical tools at our disposal. Let’s take a look at a few, starting with a famous historical one. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod and bifocal glasses, as well as charting the Gulf Stream and all manner of other scientific discoveries. He described his

y contrast, has increased, precisely where criminal and regulatory level are somewhat weaker. See, e.g., Zephyr Teachout, Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United 1-16 (2014). 30 See infra Part III.B.1. 3 See, eg. Do Police Use Deadly Force Too Often?, N.Y. Times: Room for Debate

ercise, Dave. Just as an age without connected devices will one day seem strangely antique, so will a world without the constant touch of AI. Recall Benjamin Franklin’s famous lament in the 1780s, that he’d sadly been “born too early” to enjoy the fruits of reason Starting to spill into his world as a result of the S

s. Here is a quote and a story that I rather like: A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.—John Ciardi Benjamin Franklin told the story of some Massachusetts commissioners who invited the Indians to send a dozen of their youth to study free at Harvard. The Indians repli

might conceivably go wrong. Years later, when I went to do my graduate studies at Stanford, I was exposed to words of wisdom from a non-kibbutznik — Benjamin Franklin — which probably best summed up what drove my planning for the sayeret’s first operation, and the others that would follow. “Failing to prepare,” he

might conceivably go wrong. Years later, when I went to do my graduate studies at Stanford, I was exposed to words of wisdom from a non-kibbutznik — Benjamin Franklin — which probably best summed up what drove my planning for the sayeret’s first operation, and the others that would follow. “Failing to prepare,” he