Perpetual Error Correction
A swinging pendulum is going about its lively, frolicking and music-filled way from this way left to that way right, on and on and on for perpetuity. If it were to have intelligence, would it wonder at its fate? Would it think of itself as a device thats not just swinging to-and-fro in a merry never-ending dance, but rather as a contraption that is ensnared in its own fight against the spirits of nature - its own version of perpetual error correction?
Many times, when I notice people falling into traps and troubles of their own making, again and again, with no flicker of recognition of the recurring issues in their memories, no sign of hope of resolution in their desultory faces, and I am put at deep wonder - are we just the human version of pendulums, stuck in perpetual error correction mode?
3 comments:
hey nice post there. Have you read about Sisyphus? Very similar sentiments but yours is fresher and we don't have to appeal to any mythology. Very cool dude.
are you out of mourning after the Seahawks' loss :)? Not surprisingly, I lost interest in the whole affair after New England lost.
k, good day
swami
Thanks dude. Just a random thought that I was lucky enough to capture in writing...
As for the SeaHawks, well, I just would have felt much better if the Steelers had actually won the game rather than the refs winning the game for them.
In Financial Management, we have a thing called Peretuity wherein you have continuous outflow/inflow of cash throughout your life. Always wondered how is this possible and who is this crazy guy investing in perpertuities !
Nice analogy bro !
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