Thought to come back to

Chronological vs kairotic time:

  • Engineering is grounded in chronos;  science is grounded in kairos.
  • “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
  • “Why was I able to stop smoking the 26th time I tried when the previous 25 I failed?”

 

 

Thought for the Day – Evergreen

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The work of making this world resemble one that you would prefer to live in is a lunch pail [expletive] job, day in and day out, where thousands of committed, anonymous, smart and dedicated people bang on closed doors and pick up those that are fallen and grind away on issues until they get a positive result, and even then, have to stay on to make sure that result holds.

– Jon Stewart

Thought for the Day – February 12, 2024

Liberalism can’t “do” anything one way or the other; it has no agency, being a variegated body of political thought developed over centuries.

– Matthew Sitman

Expanding on the Mr. Sitman’s point, neither can conservatism.  (The context for his comment was a complaint about the state of the world and that liberalism hasn’t produced a better outcome.)  Liberals and conservatives can do things – or not do things or act to prevent things from happening, as they are so included.   Politics is a maker’s endeavor not a consumer activity.