Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A is for Always.

Always is the most important foundation structure in my belief system. It is the surety of peer-reviewed science and the fortitude of faith. Both are rooted in the same easily-adopted mental fallacy of concurrent repetition providing matrix upon which to construct a predictable mode of understanding the universe. This is the thin social miasma that holds us together with half-friends, attempting to replicate the boundless energy of shared creativity through the simple rote reminiscence of popular memes.

When one truly takes to heart the ultimately chaotic nature of the known universe, concepts like "always" can offer more comfort than the harsh realities of being confined to a geometrically reducing time scale. While I have faith that the world will be here tomorrow, I have no moral capacity to commit myself to any incident which may occur in that particular location. With this knowledge comes the realization that those who would attempt to contract with me must be acting form self interest, not moral interest. This affords me the opportunity to take their money and run. The universe is perverse.

Of course, the near-term result of this skylarking is that I'll always have a bad credit rating. To this I say: Always is an incredibly long frame of time, gentlemen!