From 7f2a52777248cf4c5f45cf4154ec29bcd5645d83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zane Meyers Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:15:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2026-03-15 15:15:21 --- timestamped/2026-03-15_12-38-20.md | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 timestamped/2026-03-15_12-38-20.md diff --git a/timestamped/2026-03-15_12-38-20.md b/timestamped/2026-03-15_12-38-20.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f5d44b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/timestamped/2026-03-15_12-38-20.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +id: 2026-03-15T12:38:20-04:00 +aliases: [] +title: 2026-03-15 12:38:20 +tags: + - authorship/original + - destiny/permanent + - status/draft + - type/periodic/timestamped +dg-publish: true +date-created: 2026-03-15T12:38:20-04:00 +daily: "[[2026-03-15]]" +weekly: "[[2026-W11]]" +monthly: "[[2026-03]]" +quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]" +yearly: "[[2026]]" +--- +# 2026-03-15 12:38:20 + +I have this idea that people generally respond better to a good analogy +than to a well-reasoned argument, +so I'm frequently disappointed in myself +for being unable to come up with one. + +It ought to be easy for me. +When I'm sure of something, +my certainty invariably manifests in the form of an analogy, +only the parallel concepts are just that, +and they resist my attempts to define them. + +I feel now that this judgement might be baseless anyway. +Without the pressure of organizational enforcement, +radical changes in thinking necessarily take years of incremental changes. +No matter how much better the new framework is, +a person must work up to the change, +otherwise their trust in it will be hollow. +At least that has been my experience in the past few years; +knowing that a shovel is better for digging ditches, +but still using a gardening trowel +because it's what I'm comfortable with. +It doesn't frustrate me when others use trowels, +only when they can't acknowledge the benefits of the shovel. + +Like that one, most of the analogies I want to make +would be intended to demonstrate why an action would be foolish. +It would be fitting to write in [anapestic tetrameter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapestic_tetrameter) +a la [[seuss_1937_mulberry-street]].