Money Markets

Brain research shows that continuous, focused attention (even for adults) is virtually impossible for more than 10 minutes. Which helps to explain why its taken me 4 months to read "Development as Freedom" by Amartya Sen.

Here's a quote, that's particularly resonant. "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love" - Adam Smith

Cheery, eh? (and yes, i am currently an insomniac and feeling a twinge of existentialist angst)