Noam is often a well of discouragement. Over and over it's, "you can try, but ...", "those are good ideas, but ...". Here it is once again. There's a differenc

Noam is often a well of discouragement. Over and over it's, "you can try, but ...", "those are good ideas, but ...". Here it is once again. There's a difference between realistic and fatalistic. Yes, knowing what you're up against is essential. But if your life is spent at that .... Vaclav Havel wrote: " Life cannot be destroyed for good, neither ... can history be brought entirely to a halt. A secret streamlet trickles on beneath the heavy lid of inertia and pseudo-events, slowly and inconspicuously undercutting it. It may be a long process, but one day it must happen: the lid will no longer hold and will start to crack."