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Some sane advice in an insane world
July 14th, 2005
Courtesy of Escapable Logic comes the sanest piece of advice I’ve read since last Thursday (it’s actually referring to the sniper that had Washington DC running scared three years ago, but it’s just as applicable to London):
Filed under General |Do the MathsThe D.C. sniper has an entire region hunkered down.
What are the odds any individual person in the area will be shot?
Next to zero.
What are the odds that anyone you know will be affected?
Next to zero.
What are the odds that the Nightly News will tell you anything of real use?
Next to zero.
What are the odds that, if you quiet your mind and attend to the work in front of you - or maybe blog a little - you’ll come up with something of surprising value, or do something nice for someone you care about?
Huge.
One Response to “Some sane advice in an insane world”
Amen to that. I suspect this is even good advice in Baghdad, where your odds may be higher than next to zero.
Local change is the only thing that works. And living in fear of exploded risks you cannot control is insane.