take separate suites. It becomes clear that whilst Vronsky is able to move in Society, Anna is barred from it. Even her old friend, Princess Betsy - who has had affairs herself - evades her company. Anna starts to become very jealous and anxious that Vronsky no longer loves her. Karenin is comforted and influenced by the strong-willed Countess Lidia Ivanovna, an enthusiast of religious and mystic ideas fashionable with the upper classes. She counsels him to keep Seryozha away from Anna and to make him believe that his mother is dead. However, Seryozha refuses to believe that this is true. Anna manages to visit Seryozha unannounced and uninvited on his birthday, but is discovered by Karenin. Anna, desperate to resume at least in part her former position in Society, attends a show at the theatre at which all of Petersburg's high society are present. Vronsky begs her not to go, but is unable to bring himself to explain to her why she cannot go
Zappa: I guess your wooden leg makes you a table. Primitive Automaticity Aside from containing what may be my favorite ad-lib, the dialogue between Pyne and Zappa illustrates a fundamental theme of this book: Very often when we make a decision about someone or something we don't use all of the relevant available information. We use, instead, only a single, highly representative piece of the total. An isolated piece of information, even though it normally counsels us correctly, can lead us to clearly stupid mistakes-mistakes that, when exploited by clever others, leave us looking silly or worse. At the same time, a complicating companion theme has been present through- out this book: Despite the susceptibility to stupid decisions that accompanies a re- liance on a single feature of the available data, the pace of modern life demands that we frequently use this shortcut. Recall that early in Chapter 1, we compared this
possessed of a M E N T O R ' S wisdom and a definite philosophy of life. Perhaps sig nificantly, he has a Band-Aid on the back of his neck. Was he simply cut while shaving his perfectly bald head, or does the Band-Aid cover something more sinister — like the alien brain implants from the 1 9 5 0 s classic Invaders From Mars) Like the glowing contents of the briefcase, it poses a puzzle which the moviemakers decline to solve. Marsellus counsels Butch to swallow his pride and give up his shot at being featherweight champion of the world in return for the sure thing. Butch doesn't hesitate before accepting his Call to throw the fight. H e takes the money unhesitatingly. He 272 EPILOGUE: LOOKING BACK ON THE JOURNEY seems to be accepting the Call, but in fact, as we later learn, he is planning to R E F U S E
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