Saturday, January 3, 2015

The Stranger of the Shaggy Trees


My advice to myself is to meet the future as you would a mysterious stranger in the woods. Greet the traveler politely and hope that its cloak conceals a swarm of puppies. However, at any moment be prepared to fight or run if it turns out to be a cougar with a habit.

The purpose of education is not to make us feel we know this stranger. No! It should thwart our every attempt to make assumptions and make us aware of how little we understand its nature. But, you know, also show us a path to figure stuff out about it. It's a process or something like that.

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