Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Whatcha Gonna Do When the Well Runs Dry

Today's wisdom from Dmitry Orlov:

On the care and feeding of a financial black hole

"Who is in charge of all this? you might ask. If all there is is the black hole, the puppets charged with its care and feeding, and its hapless victims, then who is making the decisions? Well, it turns out that the black hole is sentient. But it is also very, very stupid. And the way is enforces its will is by destroying the minds of its puppets—by making them unable to understand certain things. However, stupidity is a double-edged sword, and in enforcing its will in this manner the black hole also thwarts its own purpose."




(song alert) Life has ever been a Leap of FaithOne can reach out in the darkness for something that seems able to sustain real hope. Or one can just go and (see illustrated diagram below):

(cuz one black hole looks just like another in the dark)

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