Life During Wartime (2009)

Rich Pecci: Mark

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• Trish : So Mark, what do you do?

  Mark Wiener : Systems analysis.

  Trish : That sounds interesting.

  Mark Wiener : It is to me, moderately. Like intermediate level Sudoku; but I have no illusions that what I do is of interest to anyone else. Even among specialists I'm something of functionary, but without ambition, or even hope of ambition. I plateaued in grad school then lost interest except in maintaining a base salary adequate to financing a low overhead subsistence.

• Trish : Are you seeing anyone?

  Mark Wiener : No, I'm more focused on China. Everything else is history. It's just a question of time.

• Mark Wiener : Sure. Forgive and forget. But it's like freedom and democracy. In the end, China will take over, and none of this will matter.