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August 21, 2008
Another insightful philosophical reflection
Let's say you're walking down a city street at night, searching for an unfamiliar address. You're annoyed because the place you're searching for isn't where it should be, or where you think it should be. You looked at Google maps and everything before you left; you even looked at the satellite view so you could see the actual building. But somehow it's not there.
You walk up and down the block a couple of times, puzzling over the addresses, wishing you had printed that Google map, feeling increasingly frustrated, not to mention hungry and generally distracted. Just then a jolt of pain shoots up your leg. You have slammed your ankle into one of those stupid iron borders that surround urban shrubbery.
It really hurt. Your leg is, in fact, bleeding.
Here's the question. What does it say about you in particular, or human nature more broadly, that your first thought isn't "Gee, I hope I didn't hurt myself too badly" but instead "I sure hope no one saw me do that"?
Posted by teb at August 21, 2008 10:39 AM