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Fox vs. Hedgehog
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:54 am
by AdamA
I haven't read the book yet, but this review is great.
http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/05/future-babble
Re: Fox vs. Hedgehog
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:40 am
by MediumTex
I read that article the other day.
It's nice to see someone notice that predictions about the future are usually wrong. Sometimes they are amazingly wrong.
Re: Fox vs. Hedgehog
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:01 am
by quenali
The Fox and the Cat
A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies. "I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."
"I have only one," said the Cat; "but I can generally manage with that." Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards them, and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs. "This is my plan," said the Cat. "What are you going to do?" The Fox thought first of one way, then of another, and while he was debating the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at last the Fox in his confusion was caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen. Miss Puss, who had been looking on, said:
"Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon."
Re: Fox vs. Hedgehog
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:14 am
by AdamA
quenali wrote:
"Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon."
"Safe" being the key word.