Quotation of the Day
“Where there is no Standard there can be no Improvement” – Taiichi Ohno
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Quotation of the Day
I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous. — Old Proverb
The Soviet Union and Plato’s Republic
“Baggy two-piece suits are not the obvious costume for philosopher kings: but that, in theory, was what the apparatchiks who rule the Soviet Union in the 1960s were supposed to be. Lenin’s state made the same bet that Plato had twenty-five centuries earlier, when he proposed that enlightened intelligence gives absolute powers would serve the…
The Demand for Policy Interventions
“Authors of economics books, essays, articles, and political platforms demand interventionist measures before they are taken, but once they have been imposed no one likes them. Then everyone—usually even the authorities responsible for them—call them insufficient and unsatisfactory. Generally the demand then arises for the replacement of unsatisfactory interventions by other, more suitable measures. And…
Do Capitalists or Communists Promote Aid to Africa?
“It is significant that none of the most passionate advocates of aid for Africa are African. Aid can speed up development that people have already decided to carry out for themselves and have the capacity to do. It is also essential for vaccination campaigns and for ARVs to combat HIV/AIDS. Emergency aid is obviously vital…
Quotation of the Day
“Getting into a new field of physics is like reading a Russian novel. There are a lot of names to cope with, and at first you wonder who’s who.” – Kenneth W. Ford, The Quantum World.
On Corruption: Quotation of the Day
“Outside my study window in London stood an old hawthorn tree enveloped in a massive growth of ivy. Over the years the tree had become an ivy bush in the shape of a hawthorn tree and I saw it as an image of what corruptions does to a country. Mobutu’s rule in Zaire seemed like…
Quotation of the Day
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” Heraclitus, On the Universe.
Quotation of the Day
“And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you are a brave man you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have ned to prove their bravery. Some will tell you…
How to be a good employee
What type of workers does a boss really value? The answer will vary depending on the boss, industry and specific job each worker has. Today we consider one unique group of workers: polar explorers. These men generally value the following in their peers and subordinates: ‘After all is said and done,’ said Wilson one…