(January 29, 2016 at 3:40 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(January 29, 2016 at 3:28 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Nor will you build a new order by belittling realism.
What you call realism I call my default position. I'm well beyond it at this point. I was talking about planning, in effect. Planning shouldn't focus on an assessment of things as they are or even as they're likely to be, but for your involvement.
Planning for the future without taking current stock, and that demands a realistic outlook -- well, go on ahead and do it. But the best-laid plans of mice and men aft go agley, I'm told.