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title: Week 41, 2024
created: 2024-10-13
modified: 2026-05-21
year: 2024
weekNumber: 41
issue: 41
---

# Wisdom I Pondered This Week

* “A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” — Charles Dickens
* [“If you don’t lie awake at night thinking about it, you don’t want it badly enough.” — Naval Ravikant](https://x.com/naval/status/1842464394107887779)
* Miracles do happen when you least expect it. All you have to do is believe in them.
* [“The highest form which civilization can reach is a seamless web of deserved trust. Not much procedure, just totally reliable people correctly trusting one another. In your own life what you want is a seamless web of deserved trust.” — Charlie Munger](https://youtu.be/jY1eNlL6NKs?t=39m38s)
* [Self-esteem is the reputation that you have with yourself.](https://x.com/naval/status/819595652644491264)

# Things I Learned This Week

* Passover (逾越節) is a Jewish holiday, whereas Easter (復活節) is a Christian holiday.
* 操作槍/模擬槍 → 膛線/來福線 (Rifling)
* The profit and loss (P & L) statement is a financial statement that summarizes the revenues, costs, and expenses incurred over a specified period.
* Signal Iduna Park (in Dortmund) is Germany’s largest football stadium capacity of 81,360.
* Co-working Space: workers for different companies share an office space