A Brief Note on Distraction
When one has planned to spend one’s Sunday reading Hume, it behooves us to not allow distant events–from the personal to the political–in far-off countries and climes to take our attentions away from the texts. That said, it is inevitable, as my attention span is no match for the irrational drive to hang my hat on your every word. If only we’d've played the cards we’d been dealt decisively, with purpose and at the precise historical moment when that stacked hand had been called for. Waiting forever, patience, and so on, are all cover-ups for cowardice. Let’s hope the president don’t make the same mistakes the rest of us tend toward.