Re: The Iconoclast's Beatitudes

From: Josh Yotty (joshyotty@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 24 2001 - 17:33:50 MDT


> > 8. Blessed are they who plan for failure and success.

> That's an interesting one. If failure and success are boolean
> outcomes, then just the planning is important. What actually
> happens is not. Ignoring the possibility of either is !blessed.
> (And that's reinforced by (1) also.)

> How does SIAI plan for "failure?" "Success" is pretty clear.

> Doug

I think that it means to be prepared for failure if it occurs. Success is very rarely (if ever) completely ensured.

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