paradox

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The paradox of simplicity: “It’s hard doing simple. It’s easy doing complex.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The result is a kind of economic paradox: Households are liquid, but reluctant.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

With so many stations closed or short on gas, it felt like the Mad Hatter’s tea party paradox: “Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The paradox, noted BloombergNEF analyst Philip Geurts, is that major polyethylene producers like South Korea or Singapore "could have an advantage" given strong demand in other markets and rising prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Greece would defeat the Persians; Greek philosophy would never quite defeat Zeno—for Zeno had a paradox, a logical puzzle that seemed intractable to the reasoning of Greek philosophers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife