James R. Wells

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“And just because something is factually accurate doesn’t make it true.”
James R. Wells, The Great Symmetry

“The Buttonwood Tree was the site where the New York Stock Exchange was founded in 1792. Since then, the word “buttonwood” has sometimes been used to refer to core underlying issues relating to money.”
James R. Wells, The Great Symmetry

“Early in the speech, when Sanzite had been describing the impressive gains in average income, a man had stood up and shouted “What About the Median?” That man had been quickly suppressed, and Sanzite had continued.

A few minutes later, Sanzite had moved on to the extraordinary increases in average life expectancy, when dozens of people began the chant. “What about the Median? What about the Median? What about the Median?” Clearly the screening process for attendees had massively failed.

The infoterrorists had somehow brought in materials to cement themselves to the fixed theater chairs, so removing them was slow.

And worst of all had been Sanzite’s mistake. “Seems everybody’s a statistician these days,” he quipped into the live microphone, and inadvertently coined the name of a new movement.

The version seen by over ninety nine percent of viewers was sanitized, but the damage had been done. Recordings of Sanzite’s remark, with the chant in the background, still surfaced from time to time.”
James R. Wells, The Great Symmetry

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