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- It Had Been Awhile and then: Paul Valery
Blogging friends had warned me that my early enthusiasms would wane. “You’ll stop writing one day,” they said. “There are more addresses out there than there are bloggers.” Ghost writers, or perhaps Zombie sites.
And they were right. Consulting projects and teaching assignments claimed my attention. Until, one day, last week, it occurred to me that [...]
- What Banks Know
Some years ago, before Depression panic gripped the world, I had the opportunity to consult with several members of the banking industry. Each was involved in an obscure area of work, destined to become headline news within a few years. And whether discussing complex derivative trades or the structuring of collateralized debt obligation tranches, each [...]
- Two Models of Self: Real and Ideal
Practically, the Self comes in two models: the Self “I know”, or real; and the Self “as advertised”, or ideal. The difference is not simply a walk through the door separating the privately comforting reserve of one’s home from the world of non-intimate others outside it, with its bustle of continuous exchange in buying and [...]
