A nonviolent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power. By MOHANDAS K. GANDHI Power, Revolution, State
People who are bred, selected, and compensated to find complicated solutions do not have an incentive to implement simplified ones. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Bureaucracy, Business, State, Success, Wise
Skin in the game prevents systems from rotting. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Business, Life, Powerful, Skin in the game, State
Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her actions. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Bureaucracy, State
Government interference in general tends to remove skin in the game. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Government, Skin in the game, State
Skin-in-the-game-style symmetry, until the recent intellectualization of life, had been implicitly considered the principal rule for organized society. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Skin in the game, State