sábado, 7 de agosto de 2021

Leituras do tempo XCIV - Alice no maravilhoso mundo "novo" digital-descarbonizado do dinheiro fiat... na virgem e não corras...

 Fontes da imagem; aqui, aquiaqui, o resto (a "reserva" 
é o "deus" universal, todo-poderoso, omnipotente, 
omnipresente e omnisciente

[...]

“If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”

“Which would not be an advantage,” said Alice, who felt very glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of her knowledge. “Just think of what work it would make with the day and night! You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis—”

“Talking of axes,” said the Duchess, “chop off her head!”

Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: “Twenty-four hours, I think; or is it twelve? I—”

“Oh, don’t bother me,” said the Duchess; “I never could abide figures!” And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent shake at the end of every line:

“Speak roughly to your little boy,
    And beat him when he sneezes:
He only does it to annoy,
    Because he knows it teases.”

[...]

Lewins Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1865
Se quiser uma tradução para portugês tem aqui.

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