Nobody likes uncertainty
5 min readAug 14, 2020
Nobody likes uncertainty; least of all our politicians and business leaders. History and mythology are littered with stories of leaders who became dominated by those who told them they could predict the future or control it.
In his book “The art of divination in the ancient Near East” Prof. Stefan Maul of Heidelberg University explores the way that Sumerian and Akkadian kings became virtual prisoners to the diviners…