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PG: "But [Yahoo] had the most opaque obstacle in the world between them and the truth: money."

Sounds like yet another variant of Upton Sinclair's Law: "When a man's paycheck depends on his not understanding something, you can depend upon his not understanding it."



The actual quote, from I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked:

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

A terrific read. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520081986




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