You have to be able to admit when you’re wrong and get out of a losing position quickly. The worst thing you can do is hold onto a losing trade hoping it will come back.
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
I don't think you can make a good movie without a good script.