Once there was a very brilliant composer who was charged with constructing the greatest masterpiece ever created. This composer was renowned for his ability to create new things, things of beauty, things of value, things that everyone loved and admired. But the problem for the composer, was that he could not do it all. The composer was a classically trained pianist and was a joy to behold on the keys, but he could not play strings. He could not play woodwinds. He certainly was no percussionist. In fact, he often said that he didn’t even understand percussionists. They were a strange archaic group of people who spoke with strange language and often seemed to be doing their own thing to justify their place in the orchestra. Luckily for the composer, he had learnt the value of conductors long ago. (more…)
What is it to know something? What does it mean to be genuinely convinced that we have the answer? How did we get the answer? (more…)
The Ponzi scheme was named after the world’s first (probably not) great fraudster, Charles Ponzi, and his ‘Mail Reply Coupon’ fraud from the 1920s. An incredible scheme that provides the opportunity for new investors’ money to be used to pay the dividends for the early investors, thus perpetuating the myth of exponential growth. The trick to winning with a Ponzi scheme is to be the one who starts it, but of course that is illegal. Many things in this world that look too good to be true, are often Ponzi schemes. (more…)