On the other hand, when you get older you sleep in the afternoons, whether intentionally or not. Well again, go and live in Italy, it's so sensible. Everything closes at half past twelve and doesn't open again till half past three or four. So you have three hours when you're either eating or sleeping, or both, and it's wonderful once you get used to the rhythm. Then everything stays open till eight o'clock at night.
Life happens in the middle of the day and at the end of the day.
You were saying that it amazes you how few people are trying to take control of their lives. For some reason, most people still want to sell their time to an organisation. I did that once, when I was helping to start the London Business School. One thing that's been worrying me recently is how every office, without exception, seems to be packed to the brim with hideous office politics. I wonder how much this has got to do with the people and how much with the actual structure of the place, the office itself.