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I remember reading a quote years ago that went something like this: If you give someone complete freedom to do what they wish 95 percent of the time they will
by Outdoorsman 11y ago
I remember reading a quote years ago that went something like this:
If you give someone complete freedom to do what they wish 95 percent of the time they will end up attempting to copy the behavior of those around them. (can't remember who said it or where I read it)
I remember thinking that it sounded "spot on"...my opinion hasn't changed much...a couple of generations ago it was called "Keepin up with the Jones's"...keeping up with your neighbors...
Add access to the Internet... An unlimited number of "Jones's" to keep up with...who to emulate now?
Your comment seem relevant, my friend...
- mercer 11y agoYour comments are quite striking in their (over)use of ellipses... I've been wondering if there's a particular reason you do this? At the very least they make your contributions distinct, I guess. (honest question.)
- jacobush 11y agoLook what you made me did. Now I had to upvote him!
- Outdoorsman 11y agoMy hope is that it helps me keep my comments as "honest" as possible... An ellipsis simply indicates an omission has occurred...in the case of my writing it simply means that a thought popped into my mind that I considered including to better illustrate the point I'm hoping to make, then decided against it, and wrote something else... I've written that way for a number of years, mostly with good results...if it's distracting to anyone my apologies... Perhaps that's why Cormac McCarthy is likely my favorite author...he's well known for short incomplete sentences, yet the "spell" (continuous dream) his writing invokes in readers is never broken... JFTR, I was writing this way well before I began reading his works...