David Rosenthal

Right, yeah.

So does that mean you're picking institutions that you think will survive?

Yes.

Yes.

OK, so that's like baseline, bedrock.

So much of your stuff is tech and finance, where there's so much churn.

Well, yes.

This didn't used to be true.

Having that, however you do it, you're getting to something that I try to get to when I'm picking subjects, but you're doing it in a slightly different way.

What I like, when my socks start to go up and down about a subject, is when I'm really interested in it and nobody else is.

There aren't people, it's not hot.

And I found with, I think it's true of basically all my books, maybe a couple exceptions, but a lot of the books, that if I'm at a dinner party and someone asks me, what are you working on?

And after about 60 seconds, I can see their eyes glaze over.

Like, why is he interested in that?

You know, it's just not registering with them in any way.

And I've learned just to not even talk about it because it kills my interest to watch it kill their interest.

But I know why I'm interested and why it's important.

And I'm not relying on the world telling me it's important.

That's a really good sign.

So that is a difference.