Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age. Autumn Leaves

Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

My views may seem to ignore a moral imperative that businesses should follow virtuous principles, whether or not it is most profitable for them to do so. Instead I prefer to recognize that, throughout human history, [...] government regulation has arisen precisely because it was found to be necessary for the enforcement of moral principles. Invocation of moral principles is a necessary first step for eliciting virtuous behavior, but that alone is not a sufficient step. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. So Be It; or, The Chips Are Down