For some reason this makes me strangely appreciate the human experience. This comparison is kind of low-brow, but it reminds me of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (the best Spiderman movie by far, by the way, see it if you haven't). The central message of the film is that you have to take those leaps of faith, go into the unknown, discover more about the world/yourself-- all without ever being truly ready. It makes the general blandness of life a little more heroic.
As someone who struggles with decision-anxiety, thanks for this reminder. I, and surely many others, get caught up in an infinite loop of “preference identification -> what-ifs -> paralyzed by fear of the unknown -> nothing happens”.
The unknown is the only known, and even attempts at bounding a range of outcomes is silly because we all have imperfect models of the world that crumble as soon as pandemics and wars and other dark-colored water fowl emerge.
Best to take action, evaluate, and then either double down or alter course. Treat to diagnose, not diagnose to treat. Most bad paths are still better than doing nada, since at least you get info.
Part of the comfort one can take in this is that you will be among some truly incredible fuckups at many points in your life. The floor, it turns out, is pretty high, so don't worry so much about completely crashing your life into the ground.
For some reason this makes me strangely appreciate the human experience. This comparison is kind of low-brow, but it reminds me of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (the best Spiderman movie by far, by the way, see it if you haven't). The central message of the film is that you have to take those leaps of faith, go into the unknown, discover more about the world/yourself-- all without ever being truly ready. It makes the general blandness of life a little more heroic.
One needs systems, not goals and needs to focus on becoming as anti-fragile as possible (referencing two of his favorite authors/tweeters)...
As someone who struggles with decision-anxiety, thanks for this reminder. I, and surely many others, get caught up in an infinite loop of “preference identification -> what-ifs -> paralyzed by fear of the unknown -> nothing happens”.
The unknown is the only known, and even attempts at bounding a range of outcomes is silly because we all have imperfect models of the world that crumble as soon as pandemics and wars and other dark-colored water fowl emerge.
Best to take action, evaluate, and then either double down or alter course. Treat to diagnose, not diagnose to treat. Most bad paths are still better than doing nada, since at least you get info.
I am going to ask her to marry me
I kept on waiting for the section where you give your golden ticket and I reached the end and am now distressed. You were supposed to catch me.
oh, so on point
all we really are, in the end, is our particular set of errors
Part of the comfort one can take in this is that you will be among some truly incredible fuckups at many points in your life. The floor, it turns out, is pretty high, so don't worry so much about completely crashing your life into the ground.