The Best Paragraph I've Read:
We came to believe that our recent history is the range of what is possible, and now we are watching charts where the y axis can't keep up with events. For its part, the future is not awaiting our wise counsel. That is the wealthy man's folly, to believe that people want your wisdom. The future is concerned with itself. The people in that time will abide your wisdom in exchange for safety. They will be amused by our clocks and space cars, but what they will want to know is, how high did the water get, please? They will want data—markers, points in space, warnings. Mind me, say the stones. Stand here when the water comes. And maybe: We are going to be OK. But only for a much larger value of we. And: I hope you leave stones of your own.
The paragraph comes from an essay written by Paul Ford in Wired Magazine.
https://www.wired.com/story/stones-clocks-what-we-should-actually-leave-behind/
Zac and Don talk about the essay within the context of whether America will be ok. What lesson we have learned from history. What lessons will the future take from us.
