"Know thyself", Socrates says, but we fail to fulfill the admonition. We think we already have. We think we already do. We were there for all the check boxes of our development, and marked them off ourselves. We learned to walk. To tie our shoes. To color in the lines. We practiced spelling chrysanthemum. Took the quiz. Maybe we passed it. Maybe we didn’t. Who can remember? In either case, afterwards we never spelled it again. We tried to clear our blemishes. Tried to coverup our foibles. Tried to hide
Plasticity...
Plasticity...
Plasticity...
"Know thyself", Socrates says, but we fail to fulfill the admonition. We think we already have. We think we already do. We were there for all the check boxes of our development, and marked them off ourselves. We learned to walk. To tie our shoes. To color in the lines. We practiced spelling chrysanthemum. Took the quiz. Maybe we passed it. Maybe we didn’t. Who can remember? In either case, afterwards we never spelled it again. We tried to clear our blemishes. Tried to coverup our foibles. Tried to hide