You can tell when someone in a room is about to cry. Not from anything they've said. Something in the breathing, a stillness that arrived a beat too early, the angle at which they're holding their face. You knew before you knew you knew. There are books about this — acting manuals, clinical guides, shelves … Continue reading Somebody Who Already Knows
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The Difference Between Being Tested and Being Watched
In the autumn of 1998, a hedge fund called Long-Term Capital Management lost roughly $4.6 billion in about four months and had to be unwound by a consortium of banks assembled at the Federal Reserve's request, for fear its collapse would take the rest of Wall Street down with it. The fund's principals included two … Continue reading The Difference Between Being Tested and Being Watched
