tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post8402706509880937514..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Need to KnowEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-40105438833173015072015-11-01T17:32:29.629-05:002015-11-01T17:32:29.629-05:00"At the base of every great fortune there is ..."At the base of every great fortune there is a great crime." --<a href="http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/09/fortune-crime/" rel="nofollow">Balzac</a>, ultimatelyMal Adaptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123525780458234978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-18823300966089315472015-11-01T11:38:19.815-05:002015-11-01T11:38:19.815-05:00"but some are useful"
Like Al Gore?
An..."but some are useful"<br /><br />Like Al Gore?<br /><br />Anyhoo, how do you tell which ones are useful, Rustle? Those who interfere with the welfare of the group least, or those who merely refrain from making it worse to their own benefit? Or do you just accept those who fiddle with the public perceptions to ensure they benefit, and leave any interference by others in the billionaire's affairs as "communism" and therefore (by some alchemy) automatically a bad thing?Blogger profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960226353157929688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-16063719571177861542015-11-01T00:20:23.023-04:002015-11-01T00:20:23.023-04:00All anyone asks of billionaires and oil companies ...All anyone asks of billionaires and oil companies is that they provide "no significant interferences" against the public welfare (or even if there are known interferences, what their effects will [approximately] be).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58428934967106076582015-11-01T00:15:43.188-04:002015-11-01T00:15:43.188-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-1389634491774634412015-10-31T20:15:17.972-04:002015-10-31T20:15:17.972-04:00All billionaires and oil companies are useful, but...All billionaires and oil companies are useful, but some are wrong.THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41741147523143430132015-10-29T09:44:18.983-04:002015-10-29T09:44:18.983-04:00"To get back my youth I would do anything in ..."To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable" (Oscar Wilde)Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36638723920912360862015-10-29T07:59:07.974-04:002015-10-29T07:59:07.974-04:00This reminds me of the information hierarchy, or D...This reminds me of the information hierarchy, or DIKW:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIKW_Pyramid<br /><br />Data are the raw numbers.<br />The Information is how and when the data was collected.<br />The knowledge is the processing of that information via the model/science that leads to a conclusion<br />And Wisdom, is what we do with that knowledge.<br /><br />In Exxon's case, bury it, and then buy off some charlatans to abuse and undermine the knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-32724729013818364212015-10-29T00:39:00.979-04:002015-10-29T00:39:00.979-04:00Brave billionaires! Brave billionaires! David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.com