Further to my reference to that famous Lenin quote… “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” … turns out that @Pinboard has evidence that this is indeed a misattribution. Wrong author, right sentiments.
Tag: Politics
Looking forward/backward
Some thoughts from Matt Webb about the shape of the post-lockdown future once it comes to pass: Even if we don’t get another lockdown for 10 years, the fact it’s a maybe means that our behaviour will change to account for the possibility. So I wonder about the long-term effects not of lockdown itself, but… Continue reading Looking forward/backward
On the bright side…
Positively the only good thing about recent political developments in the UK is that they’re going to give Marina Hyde tons of new material: […] Arguably this morning’s most amusing development was Helen Grant resigning as Tory vice-chair to openly support Dominic Raab. Is this the same Dominic Raab who resigned in protest at a… Continue reading On the bright side…
Frenemies Forever
Novelist John Lanchester ponders whether economists and humanists can ever be friends? [Hanson and Simler’s…] emphasis on signalling and unconscious motives suggests that the most important part of our actions is the motives themselves, rather than the things we achieve, such as writing symphonies, curing diseases, building cathedrals, searching into the deepest mysteries of time… Continue reading Frenemies Forever