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[–] ColonialCandle 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

A more useful frame than either optimism or pessimism is what I refer to as contingency.

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Often we just assume that those things will just happen inevitably. A more contingent view of history would suggest that they don’t happen automatically, and they don’t happen at all if you don’t work for them to happen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/business/11dilbert.html

THE purpose of a plan is to disguise the fact that you have no idea what you should be doing.

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LEADERSHIP is a flavor of evil. Obviously no one would need to lead you to do something you wanted to do anyway.

— Scott Adams, “Dilbert’s Guide to the Rest of Your Life”