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You are implying that you appreciate the freedom and opportunity to succeed - of course, who wouldn't! However, I don't know if you can separate that from the
by alex_c 18y ago
You are implying that you appreciate the freedom and opportunity to succeed - of course, who wouldn't!
However, I don't know if you can separate that from the freedom and opportunity to fail (can you have good without evil?) How much are you factoring that into your calculations for your late 40's and beyond?
- jscn 18y agoLet me try and make sense of this: freedom and opportunity to succeed is good, but entails possibility of failure, which is bad. You're saying you don't want the freedom and opportunity to do either when in your late 40s and beyond? Or are you saying that you want to have the opportunity to succeed, but not to fail, when you're in your late 40s? Didn't you just say that's not possible? I'm confused...
- alex_c 18y agoI honestly don't know how I will think in 20 years - that obviously depends on what will happen between now and then. What I'm trying to say is that as people get older and have a family to support, they might get more risk averse, and begin to prefer safer options (which likely involve less freedom and opportunity). The cost of failure then is much higher than the cost of failure now.