{"product_id":"9781483504827","title":"The Diary of an Aphorisiac","description":"Are you an aphorisiac? You probably are but don’t realize it. An aphorism is a short pithy statement. And an aphorisiac is a lover of those statements. Everyone is an aphorist because every thought is an aphorism. We think, therefore we aphorize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAphorisms are usually thought of as the literary brevities found on a desk calendar. But aphorisms are changing. We are a society addicted to brevity, where the dot point has replaced the paragraph, the tweet has replaced the sentence, the email has replaced the letter, the blog has replaced the essay and the five second bite has replaced the speech. The aphorism is now center stage, no longer in the literary wings. We have become aphorisiacs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a collection of new aphorisms. Aphorisms have been freed, and in this collection the new aphorism appears. This is a modern tale of brevity, the Diary of an Aphorisiac. It is a modern book of the wisdoms of an observer. Just a sample\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TWENTY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT \u003cbr\u003eGovernment of the people, by the people and for the people has been amended to Government of the bureaucrats, by the bureaucrats and for the bureaucrats. The amendment was proposed by a bureaucrat, ratified by a bureaucrat and witnessed by a bureaucrat. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEMOCRACY\u003cbr\u003eAll humans must be on a leash. It’s called democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CONTROL FREAK\u003cbr\u003eYou cannot, but I can.\u003cbr\u003eYou will not, but I will.\u003cbr\u003eYou are, but I am not.\u003cbr\u003eI, and I alone, am.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FRIENDSHIP MARKET\u003cbr\u003eFriendship is like a market. Friends buy attributes from each other and sell attributes to each other. The equilibrium price is the one that stabilizes the feelings of both. As in any market, a friendship needs transactions. Without transactions, the friendship is illiquid and the friends become former acquaintances. Just like a delisting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONDESCENSION\u003cbr\u003eWhen the partial information you know becomes the full information you don’t know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CRIMINAL MIND\u003cbr\u003eThe criminal always returns to the crime scene and the crime unseen. One is seen, the other not. But the criminal does not separate the two.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SCREEN\u003cbr\u003eToday you can order anything and anyone on a screen; except those who do the screening.","brand":"BookBaby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163966030064,"sku":"9781483504827","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483504827_p0.jpg?v=1763628283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483504827","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}