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Deciding that you can't change something is the first and last step towards failing to change it.
by JoshTriplett 7mo ago
Deciding that you can't change something is the first and last step towards failing to change it.
- nslsm 7mo agoWhich is not a problem if you choose not to worry about it.
- JoshTriplett 7mo ago"It's uncool to care about things" is, fortunately, not a compelling argument for people who care about things. This tangent does not seem likely to go anywhere productive.
- nslsm 7mo agoThat’s a reductionist and wrong reading of the argument I made.
- JoshTriplett 7mo agoYou said "can’t change". I observed that deciding you can't change something is self-fulfilling. Your argument from that point still relied on the assumption that you can't change it.
- nslsm 7mo agoBefore you decide not to care about something, you are supposed to make a deep assessment to see whether you can change it. It is only after you’ve determined that the thing can’t be changed that you can choose not to care about it.
- 0x3f 7mo agoYou can care about things, but it seems preferable to care about that which you can change