[lbo-talk] the London looting is anti-politics for the Internet Age.

123hop at comcast.net 123hop at comcast.net
Tue Aug 16 10:29:45 PDT 2011


ravi writes:

The Thomas Friedman theorem:

The plural of anecdote is not data, but the universalisation of introspection will always make the NYT BestSeller list.

Thomas Friedman First lemma:

Introspection is the process of drawing unwarranted connections between disparate events, data, and observations based on pre-existing personal sentiments.

Proof left as an exercise to the reader, ----------------- You left out the assumption

"Assuming you are married to a filthy rich womand and are well connected with NY literati..."

Joanna



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