About Me

Hello! My name Andre Fristo, and I have a wide range of interests, including systems thinking, economics, mixed martial arts, epistemology, and information theory, among others. My goal with this space is to share useful ideas and connect with like-minded people.

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"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."

- Bob Samples, The Metaphoric Mind: A Celebration of Creative Consciousness (paraphrased)

"To bankrupt a fool, give him information."

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."

- T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."

- Plutarch, On Listening to Lectures (paraphrased)

"We are shaped by our thoughts. We become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

- Siddhartha Gautama, Dhammapada Chapter 1 Verse 2 (translated)