Once about Knowledge and knowledge systems, especially knowledge applied to economic development, but since I retired branching into politics, music and whatever catches my attention.
Constantine Cavafy was born on April 29, 1863, lived most of his life in Egypt, and died on the same date in 1933 in Alexandria (Egypt).
For the gods perceive things in the future,ordinary people in the present,but the wise perceive things about to happen.In their intense meditationthe hidden sound of things approaching reaches themand they listen reverentlywhile in the street outside people hear nothing at all. C. P. Cavafy Quoted in Fooled by Randomness (page 64) Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb comments:
The wise man listens to meaning,the fool only gets the noise.
Constantine Cavafy was born on April 29, 1863, lived most of his life in Egypt, and died on the same date in 1933 in Alexandria (Egypt).
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