Met VW after lunch. He asked, rather suddenly, "Have you heard of the recent story about lemmings ?"
My face showed plainly that I did not.
He went on, "It's in Nature last week."
I considered for a while, but could not recall what he was talking about. Later the day he showed me an article by Tim Coulson and Aurelio Malo in the November 6, 2008 issue of Nature.
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The story goes like this:
Norway lemmings live through winters beneath the snow and feed mostly on moss. The myth of lemming mass suicide is long-standing and has been widely advocated - generally in sensational literature.
In fact that's not the case. Lemmings have remarkable capability of reproduction. When the lemming population becomes too big and there is a lack of food, they will migrate in large groups. Since lemmings could swim, it is not uncommon to have large migrating groups trying to cross a body of water in search of a new habitat - and they die of exhaustion.
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That sounds familiar, eh ? Why do so many amateurish investors commit mass suicide in a maniac stock market ?
They've never thought of dying !
And why do so many of our graduates jump to into the ice-cold water of certain specialties ?
"The word competition is not in my dictionary."
Your dictionary has very few words in order to suite your level, I know.
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2 comments:
They also share a common cause: both populations grow too fast.
People used to believe Science and Technology will improve human livings. However, I believe at the same time it has robbed away so many jobs from the mankind.
This squeeze the remaining population towards a very narrow spectrum of job, not to get rich, but just to make a living. That's why I think the world has to become more and more competitive.
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