The exquisitely beautiful landscape of northern Greenland comes back to life in the first days of sunlight after weeks of winter darkness.

“…it seems that what makes people different is our ability to follow a narrative. Whereas monkeys look and react to scenes quickly, people fixate on one actor and integrate complex events over time.”

Influential paper on business theory. “Comparing intended strategy with realized strategy, as shown in Figure 1, has allowed us to distinguish deliberate strategies-realized as intended-from emergent strategies- patterns or consistencies realized despite, or in the absence of, intentions.”

“One thing is certain: young Australians, like the young Europeans I mentioned earlier, can no longer be dragooned en masse into military enterprises of the former imperial variety on the whim of so-called statesmen. They are fortunately too wise to the world to be cannon fodder of the kind their young forebears became: young innocents who had little or no choice.

Commemorating these events should make us even more wary of grand ambitions and grand alliances of the kind that fractured Europe and darkened the 20th century.”

“That vicious little voice inside you that cheers when you lash into someone — that voice is not your friend. It will never help you reach people. It will never change hearts or minds. It cannot build bridges, it can only destroy. It will never let you be happy, and it will never let you heal, because it will never, ever let your abuser die, because it lives inside you and comes out through your voice, your hands.”

Essay on Albert Camus’ 100th birthday: “Rebellion is at odds with the excess of revolution. … Revolution treats people as a means to an end; rebellion treats people as an end in itself. Revolution is top-down; rebellion is bottom-up. Revolution leads to terror; rebellion underscores the value of dignity in each individual, everywhere. Revolution is inspired by resentment, rebellion by love.”