He invented a way of coming into a Room backwards, which he ſaid ſhew’d more Humility, and leſs Affectation ; where other People ſtood, he ſat ; when he went to Court, he us’d to kick away the State, and ſit down by his Prince, Cheek by Choul[…]

From Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, the archetype is increasingly familiar in politics and in the online game of thinkfluence—but Palihapitiya has struck the most populist pose of all.

There are the German system (Jelzin, Tschaikowsky), the Serbocroat(?) system (Jelcin, Cernomirdin), and there used to be […] a common Scandinavian system that wasn’t always followed.

A friend at the eventime, / With a warm and a cheerful seat / Over a pleasant rhyme / When the soul and spirit meet; […]