Sunday, August 22, 2010

Are you a truth seeker, or a truth obscurer?

"When the entire edifice rests on falsehoods, mistruths, faulty assumptions, false premises, future outcomes, as we have seen over the past few years, can be horrific. History teaches us that eventually, the Truth will reveal itself. When that happens, there can be terrible consequences: Economies collapse, wars occur, empires crumble, millions die.

Whenever I read a major policy piece, newspaper article, or OpEd, I ask the following question: Is this person a truth seeker, or a truth obscurer? When you see nasty posts that dissect/shred/fisk these, it is because I was not happy with the answer to that question."

from a piece by Barry Ritholz click here

1 comment:

GammaBoa said...

A long time ago in a far more difficult world, the Truth was determined by whether or not you got dinner each day. In a more 'modern' world where life is based on things that are totally unnecessary for getting dinner each day, Truth has become even more than ever a matter one will against another.