It would put a dent in the single-malt-Scotch budget

26 April 2005

Alpha-Geek came across the following decision-making technique, quoted from Herodotus:

If an important decision is to be made [the Persians] discuss the question when they are drunk and the following day the master of the house…submits their decision for reconsideration when they are sober. If they still approve it, it is adopted; if not, it is abandoned. Conversely, any decision they make when they are sober is reconsidered afterwards when they are drunk.

I would propose this to my synagogue’s Board of Directors, but I embarrass myself enough at Board meetings when I’m sober.

• Later: The season of our cholesterol
• Earlier: The case for a chaotic party