Tendencies

 When I was a boy, one recurring lesson was that the cost of being right is being lonely. When I think back on how much time I spent alone, it’d be reasonable to assume I feel more right. Instead, I feel like I was taught being right is a precursor to showing off and therefore wrong too.

Now that I’m older, the world has changed. People have changed. Whereas it was once distasteful to show off, now it’s akin to differentiation and therefore practical if not necessary.

Whereas I could get angry about this, my suspicion is it’s fleeting and unworthy of frustration.

I suspect it’s rooted in supply and demand, simple economics. People want nice _things_ and suspect they can get them easily if they flaunt what they have more (that’s how you show appreciation, right?!). Once it seems we only have _simulacra_, the tide will turn.

And so I guess what I’m trying to say is:

Be the change you wish to see.

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