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Non-Tech : SLJB - Sulja Brothers Building Supply, Inc.
SLJB 0.000001000-90.0%Jun 4 9:43 AM EST

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To: anniebonny who wrote (1397)2/21/2007 6:58:47 PM
From: scion   of 1681
 
The Law of Unintended Consequences is not a law in the strict scientific sense, but it is often quoted to encapsulate the idea that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. In other words, each cause has more than one effect, including unforeseen effects. The idea dates to the Scottish Enlightenment.

en.wikipedia.org

I think some of the people directly involved in the SLJB affair are about to learn more about unintended consequences.

I read a very good book recently which covered the Scottish Enlightenment and I highly recommend it -

How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It

by Arthur Herman (Author)

"Just as the German Reformation was largely the work of a single individual, Martin Luther, so the Scottish Reformation was the achievement of one man..." (more)
Key Phrases: tobacco lords, treaty supporters, innate moral sense, Adam Smith, David Hume, Scottish Enlightenment (more...)

amazon.com
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