The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.
The world is full of stories, and from time to time, they permit themselves to be told.
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.
The only person who cannot be helped is that individual who blames others.