...Нехитрый набор, который позволяет любому тоталитарному режиму от Мао до Халеда Машаля возбуждать доверие в собеседниках, он заключается в том, что надо говорить то, что хочет собеседник. Делать то, что находится за пределами человеческой жестокости, и называть правду о себе чудовищной клеветой. Казалось бы, такая позиция является самоубийственной для западного мира. Но, по счастью, двигателем западного мира, двигателем открытого общества являются не интеллектуалы и даже не политики. Двигателем открытого общества являются наука и экономика. Т.е. тоталитарная ложь устроена так, что она может с легкостью обмануть Хемингуэя, Брехта, Арагона, тем более бюрократов из ООН, которые вместе с «Хамасом» делят деньги на гуманитарную помощь. Но она не может обмануть ни валютного курса, ни объемов ВВП, ни научных открытий.
Тоталитарные режимы в состоянии уморить миллионы человек. Но оказывается, что они не в состоянии их прокормить. Они в состоянии строить ракеты. Но оказывается, что они не в состоянии обеспечить жителей автомобилями. Т.е. они могут позволить себе расстрелять Вавилова, посадить Королева. Но в конечном итоге они не выдерживают научного соревнования с открытым обществом. Потому что основой любого тоталитарного режима является секретность. А секретность противоположна развитию научной мысли.
А во-вторых, при тоталитарном режиме основной инстанцией, которая определяет ценность той или иной научной разработки, является офицер НКВД, а не ученый. И в результате, несмотря на ядерные боеголовки, на ГУЛАГ, даже на единодушную поддержку всей мировой прогрессивной общественности, не важно какого режима – или сталинского Советского Союза, или маоистского Китая, тоталитарные режимы вырождаются...
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Adam Smith gets the last laugh
Привет инвестиционным и прочим бизнес-консультантам, которые знают "что-то большее" об экономике и потому дают советы "как делать деньги из воздуха и тратить их на ветер" (например, тратить на новые консультации дяди Берни о том, что "деньги должны работать" или тети Сюзи "относись к миллионам проще, и они к тебе потянутся")
Как оказалось, нет ничего нового в экономической науке или "более сложного", по крайней мере со времен Адама Смита:
“A dwelling-house, as such, contributes nothing to the revenue of its inhabitant,” Smith said in The Wealth of Nations. “If it is lett [sic] to a tenant for rent, as the house itself can produce nothing, the tenant must always pay the rent out of some other revenue.” Therefore Smith concluded that, although a house can make money for its owner if it is rented, “the revenue of the whole body of the people can never be in the smallest degree increased by it”. [281]*
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2802e3a8-f77c-11dd-81f7-000077b07658.html
Как оказалось, нет ничего нового в экономической науке или "более сложного", по крайней мере со времен Адама Смита:
“A dwelling-house, as such, contributes nothing to the revenue of its inhabitant,” Smith said in The Wealth of Nations. “If it is lett [sic] to a tenant for rent, as the house itself can produce nothing, the tenant must always pay the rent out of some other revenue.” Therefore Smith concluded that, although a house can make money for its owner if it is rented, “the revenue of the whole body of the people can never be in the smallest degree increased by it”. [281]*
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2802e3a8-f77c-11dd-81f7-000077b07658.html
If You Knew Suze Like We Know Suze
Orman is that most modern breed of capitalists, the human-industry, self-mythologizing. "Suze has a unique grasp of the role money plays in our lives, as well as the gift of timing: she tells us exactly what we need to know, precisely when we need to know it." So, at least, claims the jacket copy of one of her books. She addresses her fans either as "my friends" (learned from John McCain, perhaps?) or as "girlfriend." Although she published a comprehensive—and very useful—guide to personal finance in 2001, her first two best-sellers focused on the "emotional roadblocks" to financial freedom. Suze has a lot to say about emotional roadblocks, among other things: "Falling in love is simple—or so it often seems in retrospect"; "Tears are God's way of forgiving you"; "You will never achieve a sense of power over your life until you have power over your money"; and "The stock market is like a pot of soup."
She has less patience for statistics. Although study after study has shown that personal bankruptcies are caused primarily by catastrophic events like divorce, job loss, and, above all, medical bills and that most of us are struggling with a gap between our income growth and the soaring cost of necessities like housing, Suze tends toward psychological causes that invariably blame the victim. Who is struggling these days, according to Suze? "People who grew up without much money and later earn a comfortable living sometimes spend too much to make up for what they didn't get as children. ... People who feel entitled to the good life, or are unconsciously copying a mother or father who lived beyond her or his means. ... If you feel the need to impress people with what you have rather than with who you are, you are at high risk for credit card abuse." This from a woman who spends $500,000 a year chartering private jets and who sells "Cruise With Suze" packages on an Italian luxury liner. (She has also hawked for GM, claiming that leasing a luxury car—you know, the kind that people drive to impress others—is a terrific financial decision: "If you ask me, that's smart money!") No wonder she winks more than Sarah Palin, girlfriend.
http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/impressions/2009/02/10/if-you-knew-suze-we-know-suze
She has less patience for statistics. Although study after study has shown that personal bankruptcies are caused primarily by catastrophic events like divorce, job loss, and, above all, medical bills and that most of us are struggling with a gap between our income growth and the soaring cost of necessities like housing, Suze tends toward psychological causes that invariably blame the victim. Who is struggling these days, according to Suze? "People who grew up without much money and later earn a comfortable living sometimes spend too much to make up for what they didn't get as children. ... People who feel entitled to the good life, or are unconsciously copying a mother or father who lived beyond her or his means. ... If you feel the need to impress people with what you have rather than with who you are, you are at high risk for credit card abuse." This from a woman who spends $500,000 a year chartering private jets and who sells "Cruise With Suze" packages on an Italian luxury liner. (She has also hawked for GM, claiming that leasing a luxury car—you know, the kind that people drive to impress others—is a terrific financial decision: "If you ask me, that's smart money!") No wonder she winks more than Sarah Palin, girlfriend.
http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/impressions/2009/02/10/if-you-knew-suze-we-know-suze
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http://www.ask.asia.creative.com/wwenglish/general/Products_list_audio.htmThursday, February 5, 2009
Human Error is Greatest Security Flaw
The obvious solution to the problem -- denial of access -- just doesn't work... The result is that productivity necessitates connectivity, raising security dangers. The report states, "Human error is overwhelmingly stated as the greatest weakness this year (86%), followed by technology (a distant 63%)."
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