Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Hope

Whatever the origin of my bedtime reading is, Huang's book remains an entertaining and educational one.

For example, this is actually the first time I realize the only thing that remained in Pandora's Box was hope. (Vivian was certainly surprised, and remarked that I should really brush up my general knowledge.)

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Of course there is more than one explanation of finding hope locked in the Box. On one hand, you may think all tragedies of mankind root from the lack of hope. As Alexandre Dumas said (in The Count of Monte Cristo): All human wisdom is contained in these two words - wait and hope.

On the other, staying in the Box till the end may imply that (too much) hope is the worst disaster that we could ever see.

Yes, if you look around the stock and property market.

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