Do not announce the building site
Modern culture likes public intentions: announce the goal, collect approval and start a new life in front of an audience. Talking about plans delivers part of the pleasure ahead of…
Business starts after the first buyer
Entrepreneurial culture likes to start with a name, a logo and the founder’s story. A business starts later — when someone appears who is willing to pay more for a…
Do We Know What Will Make Us Happy?
In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. — Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere’s Fan” Photography students were…
Criticism to Specification
School correction culture teaches you to spot every mistake and demonstrate the right form. In ordinary conversation not every correction improves the meaning; some only redistribute status. If the meaning…
Do We Know Who We Want?
Men never know what they want, but they will go to any lengths to get it. — Don Marquis A week before a speed dating event, a participant writes that…
Parents Without Serfdom
Family morality often describes upbringing as a lifelong advance payment: the parents invested, so the adult child now has to repay the debt with obedience, money and access to his…