Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Truthiness: The customer is always right, except when he isn't.


Truth is a slippery concept - there is the mathematical definition of a Boolean - true/false, it is or it isn't. There is the scientific definition of it's true until it isn't. And there is the social definition of consensus - it's true because we agree it is. There are some gaps between these definitions and then we add issues with the concept of right. I'm right - you're wrong.

Last week we had a an interesting experience in the Truth when my eldest son missed the bus. His Mother, who now needed to take him to school, was not pleased. Her version was simple - our Son was dawdling. His version was also simple - he was hurrying as fast as he could and the bus came. Likely both are correct. Both are true, if contradictory.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

There is only Time

Try this on for size - there is only time.
  1. Time is not money. Money is time.
  2. There are no goods only services. Goods are tangible evidence of services.