Last weekend I lost my Amazon U.S. Kindle.

    My notes and highlights should be synced to Amazon's Kindle cloud.
    My ebooks, I can restore. I de-registered it from my Amazon account.

    I don't want to be flippant, but I kind of don't care that this
    three year old device is lost. I don't have disposable income laying
    around waiting for some spending event, so I will make due with
    other kit for a while (or an Amazon deal). What do I care about?

    The Kindle has an origami case where it can stand without an
    external prop. These are not available in Japan.

  As I completed the above my memory triggered. I charged my Kindle last
  Thursday in an uncommon place I need to visit with intent to see.

  I assumed I checked everywhere in my apartment. But I also assumed I
  took it with me this weekend. I was wrong on both counts.

  When thinking about what can go wrong, exceptions and assumptions
  combined with willful ignorance and blind arrogance are the literal
  recipe for disaster in many contexts. My story of the loss of a Kindle
  is not a disaster ICYWW.

  Yet, I do not want to lose that origami Kindle case.
  Also on:

  [1]Twitter
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  My original entry is here: [2]Exceptions & Assumptions. It posted Tue,
  20 Nov 2018 11:26:44 +0000.
  Filed under: business, culture,

References

  1. https://twitter.com/prjorgensen/status/1064843278493855746
  2. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2348

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