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Just so we don't forget, here are some classic examples of hubris (to be mentioned in more detail later):

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the breakup of the Ottoman Empire
the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
the breakup of the Soviet Union, after nearly a hundred years of pax Russica
Wars on Anything: Drugs, Pornography, Terrorism

That'll teach me

Speaking of hubris, not two months after I launched this site I was hit by what the insurance guys call a "pre-existing condition": a Pontine hemorrhage (currently of unknown origin) in my brain stem.
Of course, you don't know you have such a "pre-existing condition" until it starts to bleed into your brain and you go to the hospital, but try telling that to an insurance company...
If you care, check out the blog of my illness at http://markwseymour.blogspot.com/
Trust me, you don't want one.