It’s rather unfortunate that the colour black is always associated with something that is not right or out of the ordinary. Having lived in a black continent for almost 3 years and having worked with and under them you realise how amazingly talented they are as well.
Similar to the LGBTQ community getting the inclusion they deserve I believe it is about time that black is also considered as a pleasing and acceptable colour.
Might be slightly digressing from the moot point but I believe extremely relevant nonetheless.
Your article reminded me of an incident in the airport at North Carolina..I has gone into a store with these kids to get some stuff and the store owner- an Indian lady, kept persuading me to take a box of candy for free...my intelligence however prevailed and I refused to do so..or else who knows, I could have been charged with shoplifting!
The more recent equivalent that I can think of at the moment seems to be the Black Swan. It’s a famous book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that refers to the black swan, (I think there is a movie by that name too) as an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation ( a surprise of sorts) and has potentially severe consequences. Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight. To me, at least, the key word here “in hindsight”. When does it turn into a possible scam, as Pras and his wife would probably have discovered in Paris had he taken that ring. I guess so many such events have passed us by and we can only postulate in hindsight if it could be good or bad to us.
The book refers to a turkey that is fed every day. It believes that it is a rule of life to be fed that way by humans till (assume this happens in US or such other place) in ends up on one’s plate (again assume this turkey is not the one that is fortunate to get the presidents pardon as is the norm) on Thanksgiving Day. If the turkey had lived longer, I am sure, it would have had a revision of the belief. The book refers to several other examples which I won’t elaborate for the sake of brevity.
Posers to ponder over. Thanks TK
It’s rather unfortunate that the colour black is always associated with something that is not right or out of the ordinary. Having lived in a black continent for almost 3 years and having worked with and under them you realise how amazingly talented they are as well.
Similar to the LGBTQ community getting the inclusion they deserve I believe it is about time that black is also considered as a pleasing and acceptable colour.
Might be slightly digressing from the moot point but I believe extremely relevant nonetheless.
very true
Nice one, Pm!
Your article reminded me of an incident in the airport at North Carolina..I has gone into a store with these kids to get some stuff and the store owner- an Indian lady, kept persuading me to take a box of candy for free...my intelligence however prevailed and I refused to do so..or else who knows, I could have been charged with shoplifting!
That is a classic example of a honey trap.
Nice
The more recent equivalent that I can think of at the moment seems to be the Black Swan. It’s a famous book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that refers to the black swan, (I think there is a movie by that name too) as an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation ( a surprise of sorts) and has potentially severe consequences. Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight. To me, at least, the key word here “in hindsight”. When does it turn into a possible scam, as Pras and his wife would probably have discovered in Paris had he taken that ring. I guess so many such events have passed us by and we can only postulate in hindsight if it could be good or bad to us.
The book refers to a turkey that is fed every day. It believes that it is a rule of life to be fed that way by humans till (assume this happens in US or such other place) in ends up on one’s plate (again assume this turkey is not the one that is fortunate to get the presidents pardon as is the norm) on Thanksgiving Day. If the turkey had lived longer, I am sure, it would have had a revision of the belief. The book refers to several other examples which I won’t elaborate for the sake of brevity.
When a black sheep turns out to be good could he have changed colors?
Can a sheep in wolves clothing get ripped off?
Will a message from a conman be referred to as Context?