On Franklin: in Walter Isaacson’s biography, he makes a fairly convincing case that Franklin approached building trust networks deliberately and with great success, but choose friends based on more romantic notions that repeatedly ended in disasters. So I don’t think its a variance thing, but to separate categories of people in his life.
“This part wasn’t clear. If the neighbor moves? Defects? - then you’ll curse his name?” – Sorry for being unclear. I was trying to be funny. What I meant was that one of the things that keeps my neighbor from defecting is the fact that it would cause other people to lose trust in him, which would be costly. (At the moment though, I want to sing his praise. If you ever live close, I can’t recommend him enough.)
Franklin approached building trust networks deliberately and with great success, but choose friends based on more romantic notions that repeatedly ended in disasters.
That’s interesting. I should study Franklin. (The stories sound entertaining, if nothing else.)
The humor came through alright. (Even if the part about that being a merchant tactic didn’t—that’s context the reader is missing, though can pick up on well enough.)
Franklin has a lot to teach. Isaacson’s biography is not detailed enough to be super useful, though. I’d want something more in line with what Robert Caro does for LBJ. If anyone has a suggestion, let me know.
On Franklin: in Walter Isaacson’s biography, he makes a fairly convincing case that Franklin approached building trust networks deliberately and with great success, but choose friends based on more romantic notions that repeatedly ended in disasters. So I don’t think its a variance thing, but to separate categories of people in his life.
“This part wasn’t clear. If the neighbor moves? Defects? - then you’ll curse his name?” – Sorry for being unclear. I was trying to be funny. What I meant was that one of the things that keeps my neighbor from defecting is the fact that it would cause other people to lose trust in him, which would be costly. (At the moment though, I want to sing his praise. If you ever live close, I can’t recommend him enough.)
That’s interesting. I should study Franklin. (The stories sound entertaining, if nothing else.)
The humor came through alright. (Even if the part about that being a merchant tactic didn’t—that’s context the reader is missing, though can pick up on well enough.)
Franklin has a lot to teach. Isaacson’s biography is not detailed enough to be super useful, though. I’d want something more in line with what Robert Caro does for LBJ. If anyone has a suggestion, let me know.