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If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. Stein’s law There are, it seems to me, two kinds of people in this world: those for whom Stein’s Law is self-evidently true, and those for whom it is not. I don’t think the second group can really be all that numerous, even though as aContinue reading “On limits”

Look here upon this picture, and on this…. William Shakespeare, HamleT, Act III, Scene iv As far as I know – and I’m sure my readers will correct me if I’m wrong – the last official act of the late Queen Elizabeth II was to inaugurate the premiership of Liz Truss. At the time ofContinue reading “A tale of two Elizabeths”

The rich are different. F. Scott Fitzgerald Yes, they have more money. Ernest Hemingway So here is a news story which you almost certainly haven’t come across, and which you probably don’t care about unless you’re Spanish. But stay with me: there is a larger point to this. Now Spain is organised in a slightlyContinue reading “On the rich”