Irregular Reveries 17: Planning Sessions and Lactantius
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This week's article
I've published an article about the planning sessions I do on weekends. They are very valuable to me, so it might be a good idea to try it out if you're not doing it.
Content candy
This week's content candy comes from The Rational Optimist, since this fact has surprised me:
"Under the emperor Diocletian (just as under the emperor Yong-Le) 'tax collectors began to outnumber taxpayers', said Lactantius, and 'a multitude of governors and hordes of directors oppressed every region – almost every city; and to these were added countless collectors and secretaries and assistants to the directors."
It turns out growing taxation and government is not as modern a problem as it seems.
Something to think about
"A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both." — Lawrence Pearsall Jacks
Question for you
"Do you have any opinions that you would be reluctant to express in front of a group of your peers?"
This is the question asked by Paul Graham in his excellent essay "What You Can't Say".