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"People only understand the full impact of their gravest mistake once they fully experience its painful aftermath." Futurist Jim Carroll

It seems pretty certain that a lot of folks are quickly coming to discover there are big implications to certain decisions.

I won't belabor the point, since we'll probably spend a good part of the year watching folks in the circumstance that fits the reality to be found in today's quote.

Intrigued with this state of affairs, I decided to go off and explore the science of mistakes. And wouldn't you know it -there is a scientific report about the science of mistakes called, well, The Science of Mistakes.

I dug into the report and a few other sources about the neurological and other basis for mistakes, and discovered some fascinating things.

First and foremost, mistakes that are good for you. But they can also be bad for you. Not only that, some people repeat the same bad mistakes over and over again, never learning from those mistakes until some real damage has been done.

Let's dig in - because these can be valuable innovation & leadership lessons. They might also provide some insight into how we found ourselves in this volatile year.

It's pretty clear to countless people that 2025 is the year of the big mistake.

Carefully study today's post quote.

You'll know what I mean.

Read the full post.

#Mistakes #Learning #Growth #Consequences #Awareness #Repetition #Neuroplasticity #Innovation #Psychology #Reflection

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/02/daily-i

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

I keep walking to that same spot at the edge of the field, knowing exactly where to stand in those few meters and waiting at the last moment to turn my head to the right, knowing exactly what I will see. And yet the view is amazing every time. I have dozens of roughly similar photos of this wave of trees but which are also unique depending on the seasons, the light and the activities in the field. I love to travel and see new landscapes but I also agree with Rachel Carson: there is something extremely reassuring and calming about repetition and consistency, not only in nature, but in photography and life.

The "Wave" in May, July, October 2024 and February 2025.

A quotation from Orwell

What people always demand of a popular novelist is that the shall write the same book over and over again, forgetting that a man who would write the same book twice could not even write it once.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 6, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/74616/

WIST Quotations · Essay (1939), "Charles Dickens," sec. 6, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11) - Orwell, George | WIST QuotationsWhat people always demand of a popular novelist is that the shall write the same book over and over again, forgetting that a man who would write the same book twice could not even write it once.

Souvenir
#autorité #citation #histoire #indignation #injustice #oppression #pouvoir #Prévert #répétition #souvenir

« Vingt ans après cent ans plus tard
toujours les sordides mousquetaires
toujours les mêmes traîneurs de sabre
toujours les porteurs de bannière

(...)

Oh pauvres hommes vivants
comme vous avez de redoutables adversaires
toujours les mêmes sans un changement
de malheureux bourreaux
semblables à ceux d'avant. »
– Jacques Prévert, La pluie et le beau temps, Gallimard, 1955, p. 128

I notice this frequently enough, but I haven’t gone all Hardy Boys Encyclopedia Brown trying to figure it out. Perhaps YOU have, or at least have noticed it too.

Someone posts a multi post thread. Someone replies mid thread to one of the details, and then the entire thread repeats in its entirety.

Is it happening when that reply comes from another instance? Is it server side or client side? I use the Ivory app.

🥁 Hier c'était la répétition générale de « La Gardienne du Temps et la Lumière de l’Hiver » mis en scène par Eleanore Dedina au Disneyland Hotel. J'y interprète un garde qui doit veiller sur le Livre du Temps mais aussi seconder et aider Tempérence (la gardienne du temps) à rallumer le sapin !

🎄 Tout s'est bien passé, on est fin prêts pour une série de représentations jusqu'au 6 janvier 2025 !