We live in an unpredictable world. Instead of pretending we can predict and control, we need to take a more humble perspective that acknowledges the limits of our ability to control. | OPINION by Jim Bright
I have lost count of the number of times I have ignored local weather forecasts and set out on my 15-kilometre walk in the face of predictions of heavy rain, to arrive hot bothered and sun-burnt in the 4 Pines at the end of a trek in glorious sunshine.
We all play the game that Winston Churchill observed of politicians: “Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.”
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