The experience can indeed be disquieting, yet surely no more so than with the equivalent in art?
As a mere manufacturer, Bill Gates's business practices might already be described as aggressive; were he to become the whole wired world's gatekeeper, as he would like, they would surely be more so.
What followed – Banner had to take out a restraining order against him; his refusal to abide by it led to three stretches in prison, and a period on the run – was miserable: for Kershaw, certainly, but even more so, surely, for his estranged family.
Never more so, surely, than when they are run up by a country without a coastline.
But if air capture can be made economical, then CCS will surely be made even more so, and will be able to sell more carbon dioxide cheaper.
But while both have been spared the utter rejection of a blowout like George McGovern's in 1972 or Barry Goldwater's in 1964, it is surely more excruciating to inch so close to the prize, only to have it snatched away.
"I'd hate to see education becoming a political football, and it certainly is in New York City," said Judith A. Aydelott, the malpractice lawyer from Katonah, adding that she thought control by the governor would surely make it even more so.
There are still people writing cleverly, wittily and thoughtfully about what happens at the wicket – not least my talented Guardian and Observer colleagues – but no more so, surely, than any other sport.
A captain's task is surely more complex when leading so cosmopolitan a group.
In part three, chapter 12, of the Guide, in a more explicit way he affirms that al-Razi's book is full of raving ideas and ignorance: according to him, al-Razi thought that in human life there is surely more evil than good, so that even the divine goodness should be seriously questioned (Moses Maimonides 1963, 2 441 442).
