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Not well known that Eric Arthur Blair worked in the compliance department at | {{g}}Not well known that [[George Orwell|Eric Arthur Blair]] worked in the [[compliance]] department at Tokyo Mitsubishi. That’s where he got his insights. | ||
As you wade into your fourth consecutive hour of [[all hands conference call]]s, a time will surely come when you will find yourself asking aloud: “When I read Conrad, | As you wade into your fourth consecutive hour of [[all hands conference call]]s, a time will surely come when you will find yourself asking aloud: “When I read Conrad, Orwell, [[Nietzsche]] and Wittgenstein, did I have the faintest conception that this was where it would all end up?” | ||
If only it ''would'' end. | |||
“The time will come when you can no longer make out the crystal peaks, and the filthy chasms will yawn away beneath your feet; even the sublime truths will terrify you like a phantom. At that time (it feels like now) you will DENY EVERYTHING.” | “The time will come when you can no longer make out the crystal peaks, and the filthy chasms will yawn away beneath your feet; even the sublime truths will terrify you like a phantom. At that time (it feels like now) you will DENY EVERYTHING.” |