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Fortune’s Formula

Monday, April 2, 2007

I am not even 100 pages into my latest William Poundstone book and I already know it’s going to be a favorite. Fortune’s Formula, The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street is the fourth Poundstone book I’ve read. The man is a genius of a writer. Labyrinths of Reason and Prisoner’s Dilemma have been in my personal top ten list for years and years and I urge people to read them every chance I get.

I have long been fascinated by the idea of “meaning” in communication. I’ve held the belief for as long as I can remember that the responsibility for communicating meaning is always placed on the person creating the message. If I am trying to tell you something, it is never your fault if you don’t understand. I just read a passage in Fortune’s Formula that really rocked me. It’s so good that I can’t help but quote it here:

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Text is alive.

Monday, March 26, 2001

from 10/02/95, for AML 3124
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Communication Breakdown

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Christmas Redux
There has been a huge suitcase on the floor next to the bed since the day we moved here. I’ve been using it as a nightstand. I had one of my (pointless) alarm clocks on it and several articles of clothing have been tossed there. I had been growing increasingly upset with Sylvia for not unpacking it. There must be tons of clothes in it, I thought. It looked so messy, too, sitting there making the room look more like a hotel room than a bedroom. It was driving my crazy. Before we left for Orlando I finally snapped. “When are you going to unpack that thing, anyway?” Sylvia snapped back, “When are you going to unpack it?! It’s all your stuff!”

Now it is a little like Christmas here. I got six or seven new pairs of my favorite shorts, two dozen t-shirts, and several pairs of dress khakis. No wonder it seemed like I never had any clothes for work!

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