Prudhoe Bay taught Browne the distinction between technical and financial success and the value of blind luck.

FORBES: Going deep

Goldstein is nothing but resolute when he talks about the value of tasting blind, whether it is by a group whose aggregate ratings will provide the recommendations in these book or an individual discovering the one-on-one sensual pleasures a particular beer provides.

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"Many economies remain blind to the huge value of the diversity of animals, plants and other lifeforms and their role in healthy and functioning ecosystems, " said Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (Unep).

BBC: Nature loss 'to damage economies'

But the tougher fight is to convince the kingpins, the middlemen and the thousands who turn a blind eye to the traffic - who value a few backhanded baht more than the lives of school children - that the authorities are serious about clamping down on drugs.

CNN: TARGET THE BIG FISH

Notwithstanding the value of speech-based technology, only braille provides a practical means for blind persons to experience true literacy.

WHITEHOUSE: Providing Literacy for Informed Citizenry through Braille | The White House

Monetarists are willfully blind to the latter reality, and presume that money of indeterminate and volatile value (and rising quantity) actually boosts economic activity.

FORBES: The Comical, Central Planning Fantasy That Is 'Market' Monetarism

Most presidential candidates don't think it appropriate to bet that the U.S. dollar will lose value by speculating in Swiss Francs, which is basically the rationale offered by the trustee of Romney's "blind" trust for opening this account.

CNN: Why won't Romney release more tax returns?