QUOTE : I have always admired businessmen and criminals. How cleverly they react to all sorts of discoveries or events and turn them to their own advantage! Even an eclipse of the sun. When we simple folk hear that one’s coming up soon, we just act dumb and talk about it without seeking any material advantage for ourselves, saying how interesting astronomical phenomena are and how we really ought to watch them. A businessman, though, realizes that people will want to watch the eclipse but they won’t want to go blind in the process. That means they’ll need special glasses, and plenty of them. The businessman gets to work on the glasses, but meanwhile the criminal is already figuring it will be dark during the eclipse, and while the people are gazing up into the sky, they’re sure to lower their guard and forget to keep an eye on their pockets. Or else, let’s say, they’ll go dashing out into the street to observe the eclipse without closing the door to their apartment.