I have paid dearly for my naive assumption that all my colleagues shared this knowledge of the unknowability the unknowability in principle of reality.
A child is free to wonder about magic, to believe in the clear purity of the struggle between good and evil, to bask in simple, unquestioning friendships.
To put the kindest interpretation on his financial dealings, he has been naive and sloppy, not the best qualities for looking after Africa's biggest economy.