Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Confused as ever

A co-worker just pointed me to this interesting quote. It was originally posted on the wall of a mathematics reading room but I think it has pretty broad applicability.

“We have not succeeded in answering all our problems. The answers we have found only serve to raise a whole set of new questions. In some ways we feel we are as confused as ever, but we believe we are confused on a higher level and about more important things.” Sitert-Øksendal (1985).

I could certainly make this statement about work. There are still a number of key questions we need to answer to push our business forward. I could also make this statement about religion. As you answer some questions, it only raises others on a higher level and of more importance. Anyway, a good quote and something to think about.

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