Circles and how to get out of them

Feb 18 2012 | Circles and how to get out of them | Circles and how to get out of them – Reflections on Technology, Media & Culture (richardcoyne.com)
“There are weeks when it can sound as if the European sovereign debt crisis is going around in circles,” according to a NYT article on problems with the Euro.
Problems that can’t easily be solved lead you in circles, even a vicious circle. Resolving the Euro crisis is also like “trying to square the circle,” a reference to the impossible task of using only a compass and straight edge to draw a circle and a square that enclose exactly the same area.
Karl Marx wrote about the circulation of capital. Like most coins, Euros are round, and one side of the Italian Euro depicts Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian man positioned within a circle and a square enclosing (roughly) the same area.
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