Icharus

There's a Counting Crows song where they compare the splitting of an atom to Humpty Dumpty and I'm inclined to believe them just as much as I believe that this age needs to remember Icharus and the modern age needed to remember John Henry

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CHERNOFF: Several people who know Madoff says the saga reminds them of a Greek tragedy, like Icharus, who tried to fly too close to the sun, he destroyed himself as a result of his never-ending quest for success and respect.

CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2008 2008

Of course, like Icharus, one could get up a little too tall and be toppled by her own giddy vanity.

News 2010

They compared Manhattan to Icharus, flying too close to the sun.

The Housing Bubble Blog 2008