Showing posts with label A sign of the times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A sign of the times. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

On theories............................

 Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

-attributed to Karl Popper

Thursday, December 28, 2023

On having skin in the game................

 Back in the 1950s, when the focal practice of baking was displaced by the advent of cake mixes, Betty Crocker learned quickly that it was good business to make the mix not quite complete.  The baker felt better about her cake if she was required to add an egg to the mix.

-Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soul Craft