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Virtuous or Vicious circle
The syrtaki dance starts slowly and speeds up very quickly. The same happens to the spread of every innovation. Unfortunately every disaster follows the same pattern !
Το συρτάκι ξεκινάει αργά και επιταχύνει πολύ γρήγορα.Το ίδιο η εξάπλωση κάθε καινοτομίας.Δυστυχώς κάθε καταστροφή ακολουθεί το ίδιο μοτίβο!
CK
Ο δρόμος του τώρα

The road
Ποιός ξέρει το αύριο έτσι και αλλιώς δεν έρχεται ποτέ.
Που είναι το χθες; ‘Oταν είναι απλώς μια τόσοδα ηλεκτρική σπίθα.
Το τώρα που είναι πάντα εδώ δεν υπάρχει.
Το μόνο υπαρκτό είναι τελικά το πιο ανύπαρκτο, το πιο παρεμελημένο.
Το τώρα, αυτό που κάθε φορά προσπαθώ.
Το τώρα, αυτό που θέλω.
Το τώρα, αυτό που ποθώ.
Αλλά το μόνο που δεν χρειάζεται τίποτα.
Δεν απαιτεί τίποτα.
Πανταχού παρών και τα πάντα πληρών.
Αλλά εγώ εκεί δεν το βάζω κάτω, να ανακαλύψω αυτό που υπάρχει παντού.
Να τεμαχίσω αυτό που δεν τεμαχίζεται.
Να γευτώ προσωρινά το αθάνατο.
Γιατί?
Γιατί το “εγώ” έχει σπάσει τον καθρέπτη του και έχει πλάσει κίβδηλους κατοπτρισμούς.
Γιατί το “εγώ” θέλει, επιθυμεί, γουστάρει, θυμώνει και έχει άλλες χιλιάδες καταστάσεις.
Δεν αρκείτε σε αυτό που υπάρχει παντού.
Και όταν έχει κουραστεί με θέλω και τις επιθυμίες επιθυμεί να μην επιθυμεί.
Τότε το παιχνίδι ξαναρχίζει.
Η δημιουργία δεν σταματά και το θεατρικό αλλάζει σκηνικό.
Όπως ο ουρανός με τα αστερια κάθε νύχτα.
Έτσι λοιπόν και εγω αυτή την νύχτα ξαναρχίζω τα όνειρα γιατί τελικά η Ιθάκη είναι το δρόμος του τώρα.
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Αφιερωμένο με αγάπη στον Ανδρέα και στις αναπνοές που μοιραστήκαμε ( όχι αυτές που μόλις πήγε το μυαλό σου ).
Life
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Soren Kierkegaard
Pelion – Greece – Fall 2015 from Christopher Dormoy on Vimeo.
Greek Statistics – A marriage of an illusion to a futility
Today’s topic is about money, tax measures, calculations and statistics. The leader of the Greek opposition party gave a speech in Salonica (Thessalonica) a months ago about the economic pledges of his party which Syriza has calculated at about 11 billions euros. Immediately the government replied that these measures would cost 18 billion euros – a 7 billion euro difference so who is giving us the “real” story? . Every new government in Greece says that the previous numbers produced by the previous government are “lies” and the situation is even “more difficult” than is anticipated. This is one indication of how we handle or mishandle statistics.
All statisticians know that there are lies, big lies and statistics. However statistics married with the Greek politicians is a fatal mistake. It is not just miscalculation and wrong statistics and not “just a story”. A story usually has some sensible and logical assumptions and an achievable end result. Greek government statistics are always a science fiction genre. Greek government statistics is a paradox. Like a white house coloured black. Like mother Teresa married to Putin. It is a marriage of an illusion to futility.
It is the right time to stop this situation and come up with solutions. As a member of the Greek Statistical Society I propose the establishment of a truly independent organization that would do just one thing
It would be responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at a national level so there will not be any dispute. This Statistics Authority would be an independent body, directly accountable to the Parliament.
What is so different from today’s Greek statistical authority?
If there is a change in how the work is done, the only words that will remain untouched are “statistical authority”. The existing statistical authority is so corrupt and dependent on the Greek government that their statistical figures are not even worth to be printed on paper.
Why will the proposed statistical authority be more reliable ?
- The head of this authority should be a person of foreign nationality with an international career and leader in at least one of the international statistical associations.
- This authority should not be funded by the Greek government but by the European Union.
- It should be overseen by Eurostat.
- The authority will provide online and make available to anyone all related summarized and anonymized datasets so that anybody can run the models,numbers ,calculations and statistics again.
We are sure that this will be a final solution to this ongoing local problem.
* Καταναλώστε Yπεύθυνα – my most recent talk given this month at HAU Toastmasters.
Environment and Houses
All great houses are like the cherry on a cake. The physical environment surrounding the house is the cake. The cherry is the house. Cake is much more important that the cherry.