As a drive by observer of construction sites, it seems to
take forever to lay a foundation. For
weeks on end, it seems like nothing is happening as the pipes are laid in the
ground, the area is leveled, and the foundation is poured. Once that foundation is poured, it looks like
the walls are up in seconds, and then the building stops looking like an empty
plot and starts looking like a building.
From there, time slows again as
the building is built from the inside and out, until a final punch list is made
and a final walkthrough declares the building ready to do its intended job.
In many ways, learning something new is very
similar. Laying the foundation on new
things seems to take forever, but once that foundation is laid, then huge
strides are made. For a bit things grow
and grow endlessly. And then the need to
fill out the framework sets in, and its more grind as ideas are polished until
the final product appears. The final
product is a necessary and usable thing, ready to be entered and examined at
any time.
I guess that is one thing I forget as I continue to learn
new things. It’s that laying the
foundation is just as necessary as the spit and polish. But before you can get to the spit and
polish, you need to get through the foundation.
Because without the foundation, there isn’t a place for the knowledge to
stand.
Just random thoughts, I guess.
And after other random thoughts, I give you the idea of the mincome. It’s the idea that the
government should give every single non-incarcerated person a check every
single month.
I’m just going to wait until I stop laughing at the idea
in order to tear holes in it.
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