Two curious things about things that can't go on forever. The first is that they can persist, in a kind of stable instability, for a very long time. The other is that, when they flip, it happens pret… (View Post)
See also the sad stories of Colditz prisoners who feigned madness as part of their escape plans. Or someone like Calvin Robinson who seemed like palusible enough clergy material when he visited the v… (View Post)
A problem overlooked is almost as good as a problem solved. Conversely, quantifying a problem makes things worse. The political problem with the boats is that they're visible. (The real problem with … (View Post)
Not just politics. Everyone has an age where they are most authentically themselves (hat tip.to Stephen Fry, who muses on the concept in one of his novels). In Fry's case it was probably his post-Foo… (View Post)