{"id":20877,"date":"2026-03-24T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20877"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:16:16","slug":"getting-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20877","title":{"rendered":"Getting Smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"449\" data-attachment-id=\"20878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20878\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1643&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1647510996&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00066800267201069&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3587\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?fit=700%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587.jpeg?resize=700%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20878\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.558586104414678;width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C657&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C96&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C493&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C986&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1314&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3587-scaled.jpeg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIf you are not that smart, gaining power does not make you any smarter.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jim Geraghty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m writing this a week before it is posted so many butterfly wings may have flapped in the interim. The saying is most likely still germane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo is of Four Peaks NE of Phoenix. 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