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Werner Herzog

Filmmaker, Grizzly Man

“There are deeper strata of truth in cinema, a poetic, ecstatic truth. It can be reached only through fabrication, imagination, and stylization.”
Werner Herzog
Image: Wikimedia Commons, Werner Herzog-9290.jpg

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Facts are not the same as truth.

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Ecstatic truth

Facts can be accurate and still miss what something means. Seek the deeper truth of a story.

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Ep. 38 · 31 min

Facts Aren't Enough

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Richard Feynman

Physicist, Nobel laureate

“You must not fool yourself.”

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Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon

Mathematician, father of information theory

“Find the part that carries the signal.”

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Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway

“Assemble a latticework of mental models.”

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor, Stoic

“You have power over your mind, not events.”

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Socrates

Socrates

Philosopher of Athens

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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Aristotle

Aristotle

Philosopher, founder of the Lyceum

“You are what you repeatedly do.”

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