Don’t show Me the Money

The blockchain will disappear. But first, it will uncover a whole new world.

 
The blockchain will disappear. But first, it will uncover a whole new world.

The French Revolution brought down the monarchy in the name of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. It also created a vacuum that gave rise to an Emperor who was more ambitious and more powerful than any king.

Did the revolution fail?

Nearly 200 years later, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai was asked what he thought of the revolution. “It’s too soon to tell,” said Zhou. The media relished his response, seeing it as evidence of the long-term view taken by Chinese leaders — who think in centuries and millennia.

But the whole thing was a misunderstanding. Speaking in 1972, Zhou thought his translator was referring to the student protests that took place in Paris a few years earlier. Zhou was not thinking in centuries — he simply didn’t understand the question.

Doesn’t matter. The quote was too good to waste. It has since been quoted in hundreds of books and magazine articles. When the internet came along — and China was on the rise — the quote reached even more people, compounding the original error.

But the internet also put an end to the fifty-year glorification of Zhou’s answer. Today, anyone who Googles the quote can learn about the original error.

 
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