Page254 the first premises that all things fail
Page254 the first premises that all things fail. In fact, not only do all things fail, but failure is intrinsic, healthy normal and necessary to most complex systems. Overreach and failure are inevitable too, and Alas, problem solving and service. Innovators and activists across the edges have been as prone to burn out an excess of the nuclear arms experts with whom I spent my twenties. There's a fine line between saving the world and manipulating other lives, however well meaningly, and our own image.
— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · Becoming wise by Krista Tippett