I’m waiting for the bus and thinking that it was probably a mistake to ditch my BlackBerry in favor of Samsung Glide. BlackBerry is a tool for working while the Glide is more of a fun gadget to explore the numerous Android apps. The problem is that I have all the apps I need on my Kindle Fire, so the Glide is kind of pointless.
Many years ago, my father wrote a short story about choices. For a Soviet person, having a variety of choices is torture, the story says. We are used to just grabbing whatever was on offer because it was either that or nothing. People would join queues without even knowing what they were queuing for because being able to buy something, even something they didn’t need right now, was valuable.
I’m slipping into thoughts about the Soviet Union because I’m giving a lecture on Cuba in 30 minutes. There is too much material to pack into this lecture, so I don’t know what will happen.
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