Word of the day:
random, left to chance
Error from Emacs vc-mode just now:
Hunk seriously messed up
…you and me both, Emacs, you and me both
If you find yourself saying “this time is different,” think first. History rhymes pretty damn hard, human nature doesn’t change much, if at all, and the very few times that genuinely do turn out to be different, we don’t tend to see or call out early on. Predicting the future is difficult, and we’re not good at it.
It may feel good to think we’re special, living in a special unique time, and occasionally we are, but not often. End of history illusion, etc.
This time is probably not different. At least, not significantly. And that’s ok.
(This is not a subtweet about anything in particular, not even politics. Promise. But whatever you’re thinking about, it may still apply!)
For years now, we’ve been giving our 10yo a weekly allowance, and generally not buying her toys or video games etc, so that she has to buy them herself. Finally got some real world evidence that it might be working.
