“Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive output” PeopleShouldWellsPastAchievementReputationProductiveOutputLagZenith Author:Richard Posner
“We have a tendency to assume people are a unity, and thus good people all good, etc. But the fact that Hitler was good to dogs and children isn't a paradox.” PeopleChildrenFactsDogAssumingUnityTendenciesEtcParadoxGood People Author:Richard Posner
“I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake, which is that deregulation works fine in industries which do not pervade the economy. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses in widespread bankruptcies as what happened in 2008, the entire economy freezes because it runs on credit.” PeopleIfsMadeSaidRunningMistakeEconomyHappenedMovementFineIndustrySmartFundamentalsFinancialAppearanceCreditCollapseFreezeViewpointsBankruptcySmart PeopleDeregulation Author:Richard Posner
“A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking & achievement, because people see things differently” PeopleIfsSocialChanceProgressAchievementDiversityApproachEconomicsHittingUndertakingsGood Chance Author:Richard Posner
“As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other people about them. They want to appear healthier than they are, smarter, more honest and so forth.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanOrderSocialHonestFoolPrivacySmarterOverratedConcealmentSocial Good Author:Richard Posner
“In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions.” PeopleSpiritualScienceCultureNaturalAtheistGrantedUniformsAgnosticPropositionsMetaphysicalPrevailing Author:Richard Posner
“MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. Much of her evidence is anecdotal, and in a nation of 260 Million people, anecdotes are a weak form of evidence.” PeopleDoeGovernmentFormNationsMillionsIssuesEvidenceWeakHarmTreatmentPornographyAnecdotes Author:Richard Posner
