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Henry Spencer
henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org
Thu Nov 20 19:25:08 UTC 2003
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, JoeHill wrote:
> > When the motive is intelligent self-interest, you can generally understand
> > what they're up to and how they're likely to react to new developments.
> > Their thought patterns may be subtle but they aren't incomprehensible.
>
> Tell that to the investors in Enron, MCI/Worldcom, et al.
Well, I did say *intelligent* self-interest. :-) There was some truly
remarkable stupidity going on at the top levels of those outfits...
Even crooks are moderately predictable, though, once you *know* that
they're crooks.
Henry Spencer
henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org
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