Friday, November 30, 2018

Ancient Greek Smarts

Part of a longer essay, but worth extracting for y'all:

...a very precise Ancient Greek idiom holds that we do not march forward into the future. We’re facing the past, the future is behind us, and we back into it. [We all] navigate by seeing only where they’ve been and are often blind to what the future might bring....
Beware those who "lead us to the future."  They're leading with their ....ahhh....fannies.

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