The art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling class.

The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

人生就是走自己选择的路。

The companies that will thrive are those that see change as an opportunity, not a threat.