Sunday 10 January 2010

A Koan For A Windy Day


If a tree falls in the forest, but nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

The answer, of course, is "yes."

See, regardless of where the tree falls, it will land on some power lines, thereby knocking out the power here in Berlin. The sound it makes is the cumulative sound of about 200 people sighing, knowing that they won't have electricity to prepare their afternoon coffee.

Break out the wood stoves and boil some water by burning those falling trees. That's what they mean when they talk about "synergy."

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