Preface: Just to alleviate any confusion, those that might think or hope that Democritus is a temple dedicated to denigrating Donald Trump should be aware that that is not the case. Democritus is about looking at what is going on in the world and offering a viewpoint and opinion of
It has officially begun! The road to a third term. They said it couldn’t be done! They said there were laws to prevent it! We’ll see. Hints are already being dropped... If you should find yourself President and decide that you are so irreplaceably valuable that the biggest
I love Italy. Specifically, I love visiting Italy. It’s difficult to put my finger on the special sauce, but the mix of history, architecture, fashion, food, wine, art and natural beauty is hard to beat. And the people and lifestyle seem much less stress-inducing than the US. One thing
I imagine that you all heard, as children, the nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. An interesting question that
Tesla has a serious brand problem. For a company like Tesla, which in ways is similar to Apple in that a significant part of the stock price is puffed up by the brand, this can be very worrisome. I’d hazard a guess that no other major company on earth
My wife makes fun of the fact that I have a very poor memory for people and places. She is always having to remind me of things we did and who we did them with and where. I’ve come to realize that it is not because I have a
This is Democritus, a site where I put writings that are my own view of the world and perhaps some thoughts about how we may approach things differently. My viewpoint is very much informed by history. One thing I have observed as I have widely read history going back thousands