Interview with Trevor Dickinson

[a1200]

Seems pretty foolish to me. Most folks I've known who had money like that to toss around didn't get there by making stupid investments.

As I understand it, TrevorDick made his money in the oil industry. Once you have oil, you don't need too much business acumen, crude is a licence to print money... I hazard a guess he has a boatload.

[a1200]

Ever hear of the guy in the desert?  He is on the edge of death from lack of water.  He comes to find a deserted well.  There is a bottle of water at the well and a note.  It's says the well has plenty of water, but in order to get the pump to work you need to prime it by poring the bottle of water into it to get it started.

So the guy is holding a bottle of water in his hand.  Does he trust the note?  

Drink the water or prime the pump?

Problem with drinking the water is you might feel good for a an hour our two, but then you are going to die.  If he primes the pumper, maybe the note was wrong and the well is dried up in which case he dies anyway.  But at least he has a chance of getting all the water he could need.

Never heard that parable. Its quite good.