Что делать?

При чтении Дон Кихоте у меня постоянно возникает вопрос: Что делать, когда встречаешься с человеком, который говорит, выглядит и действует, как сумасшедший? Особенно, когда он грозит тебе копьем?

“Don Quixote raised his voice and, striking a haughty posture, declared:

‘You will none of you advance one step further unless all of you confess that in all the world there is no maiden more beauteous than the Empress of La Mancha, the peerless Dulcinea del Toboso.”

The merchants halted when they heard these words and saw the strange figure uttering them, and from the figure and the words they realized that the man was mad; but they had a mind to stay and see what would be the outcome of the required confession and one of them, waggish and sharp-witted, said:

‘Sir knight, we don’t know who this worthy lady is; do let us see her, because if she’s as beautiful as you claim she is, we’ll most freely and willingly confess that what you say is true.’

‘If I were to let you see her,’ retorted Don Quixote, ‘what merit would there be in confessing so manifest a truth? The whole point is that, without seeing her, you must believe, confess, affirm, swear and uphold it; if not, monstrous and arrogant wretches, you shall face me in battle forthwith.”

Miguel de Cervantes. “Don Quixote.”

Dual Suspension

For now, we have a barebones agreement on mutual threat suspension brokered by China and Russia. Nothing more, nothing less.

Reuters, November 16, 2017 :

China and Russia have proposed that the United States and South Korea stop major military exercises in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programs.

Beijing formally calls the idea the “dual suspension” proposal.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-china-usa/china-says-dual-suspension-proposal-still-best-for-north-korea-idUSKBN1DG10Y

Reuters, June 18, 2018

Meeting Kim on his third trip to China this year, and just a week after Kim met Trump in Singapore on June 12, Xi said China was willing to keep playing a positive role to promote the peace process on the Korean peninsula.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea-drills/u-s-south-korea-agree-to-suspend-joint-military-exercise-official-idUSKBN1JE2RM?il=0

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The time when America was great:

“The period following World War II was the perfect time to be a child in the United States. The Korean War ended in 1953, blandly reassuring two-term President Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House from 1953 through 1961, the natural world was still flourishing, and it seemed as if there just wasn’t a lot to worry about. ”

David Lynch. “Room to Dream.”

Many boomers, including our so-called president, feel nostalgic for those perfect times.

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"... and instead Velazquez intended to represent Bacchus as a giver of the gift of wine which freed man temporarily from the harsh unforgiving struggle of daily life."




Some time in the 25th century our descendants will be representing the modern computer revolution in similar terms.

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Наш т.н. президент придумал и реализовал две бизнес модели: 1) как разводить недоверчивых лохов (профессиональных инвесторов); 2) как разводить доверчивых лохов (потребителей). Первая модель хотя и прогорела, но создала репутацию достаточную для успешной реализации второй модели.

upd. хороший контраст с Безосом.