Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. Attributed to many sources. So in memory of my good friend Gary David I suggest it was Blaise Pascal....Read More
Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her actions. Nassim Taleb in Skin in the Game...Read More
What you see is what you want to see. On our tour of Russia we went on a home visit in Uglich a small provincial town. Some of the guests found it charming. Some did not. Confirmation bias in action....Read More
We are going to visit Russia so I’m reading a few books that are relevant. One is Catherine the Great by Robert Massie. Here are a few quotes: It is impossible to cure long-established injustice...Read More