Perfection is a myth of the mind and we're easily drawn to it
because we humans _really_ do enjoy patterns, and especially
finding and creating patterns that have self-consistency.
Sometimes we mistake the world around us for our visions and
think of the world like a sculpture to be carved, or a machine
to be constructed. But it's neither. it's the world. It's the
Universe. It is what it is. Improvement is relative. Current
culture hangs our hopes on the "near future" for being the
answer and that's fine. But Past progress does not equate to
future performance. I played the stocks (slowly not the fast
way) back in 1999-2002 - did well; it's just pattern
recognition. But I remember people getting caught up in the "Dow
over 30,000" and concepts like those. A boss of my boss gave me
a book when he saw my interest in investing. It was saying how
companies like Enron were The Future and such. In fact, after
the crash, I looked through the book and EVERY ONE of the
companies mentioned went to shit. But, I didn't invest in any of
them. Why? Innovation is nice. But most things happen in cycles
just the same. Besides, humans are still stuck with the same old
100,000 year old hardware and software running, to use a
computer analogy. Our networking skills may improve but we're
still working with a 5 cent calculator chip up there. Amazing
what we can do with it though.
