A Small Matter of Equity
A Small Matter of Equity by Maggie Finson Anton Burgess carefully examined the ornate gold ring in his hand. It was beautifully crafted, with an intricately shaped Ouroboros swallowing its own tail as it wrapped its shining coils around a simple set of measuring scales. The serpent had one dark opal eye and a bright diamond for the other. Both glittered as if the thing were really alive and waiting for its owner to command it. The sense of the thing?s readiness to...