That's my nightmare: an intimation that intelligence is obsolete in a world where things are either blazingly obvious or pitch dark.
Earlier in the speech, he had struck a very different tone, ordering officials to halve the number of Russians living in poverty by sharply boosting social and infrastructure spending in an obvious pre-election pitch to voters.
Welbeck, a key contributor in England's pristine qualifying campaign, hurt his right knee while stretching to tackle Bacary Sagna during the first half of Arsenal's 2-2 drandand left the pitch in obvious discomfort.
He had scored five times for Arsenal, including the last-minute winner against Leicester City in his comeback game, before he left the pitch in obvious distress at the Etihad Stadium.
Strange though that the scores do not seem to reflect the obvious nature of the pitch, which in the course of three days does not appear to have deteriorated beyond the usual bowlers' footmarks and may even have gathered a little pace to become, in theory anyway, better for batting.
"The benefit to the players is obvious, with the biggest pitch in the country and the changing facilities, but as important are the supporters and the corporate people.
Chicago's startup community was no less enthusiastic than we've seen elsewhere, however, and that was obvious during the heated pitch battle.
But it wasn't at all obvious watching Evan's pitch in 2011 that this was a natural rebellion against Facebook or that it would grow beyond our small Stanford social circle.
