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Thank you, this is very helpful. When you say you only have control over your own choices, don't you then have control over outcomes in some approximate sense?
by lookinward 6y ago
Thank you, this is very helpful.
When you say you only have control over your own choices, don't you then have control over outcomes in some approximate sense? I find that people always tout: "don't worry about things you can't control" while simultaneously massively underestimating what could be in their control and what agency they do have. What I'm getting at is the predictive value you talk about. The better we can predict, the better it seems we can control.
- oldsklgdfth 6y agoAt some point you have to depart from the model. It’s useful, but doesn’t provide all the answers. Weather models can tell you when it rains. But you can’t control the weather. You chose to stay out of the rain.
- lookinward 6y agoBut some day we really might be able to control the weather. It is within our control to start working towards it today.