Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.
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Not all meetings are detrimental; some are necessary for alignment.
It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.
Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.
In economics, the majority is always wrong.
It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings.
As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living. Mine is clearly living. The folde…