And then I reach a point where I start talking about financing options, when one of the attendees interrupted me and made me lose it with his question: “Marios, what is equity?” Here’s what I learned by having to reply a question that never expected to be asked:
There’s a real issue of delinquent behavior that goes largely unpunished and fuels many western societies with despair. Dracon, in Ancient Athens tried to fix this by instituting harsh punishments for every minor offence. Nowadays, we have ended up on the other end, giving wrongdoers and even common thugs more rights than us. And as Read more about Back To The Drawing Board #10: Justice, vengeance and Dracon[…]
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Even in the more simplistic animal kingdom, if you see a zebra among other horses and call it a tiger pony, it will rightfully be offended. It all has to do with respect. And respecting each other isn’t a sign of times past. It is a sign of progress: