Thinking is like kicking a rock down a lane as you walk. If the object is oddly shaped, it may tumble oddly and go off in some oblique direction even if you impelled it forcefully straight. Without care, you’re liable to leave the object by the wayside and replace it with another, or with nothing. Tendencies of the object’s motion are produced both by the landscape—the slopes and the textures—and by the way you impel it, in big or little steps, with topspin or sidespin. The object may get stuck in a pothole or by the curb, and there’s no guarantee you’ll have the patience, or the small-foot-ness, needed to free it. People may look at you funny, as though you’re acting like a child, and you’re certain to leave the project behind without a bit of obliviousness and stand-offishness in you. It’s not clear whether you’re accomplishing anything with each step, let alone whether there is or what might be the ultimate payoff.
Thinking is like kicking a rock down a lane as you walk. If the object is oddly shaped, it may tumble oddly and go off in some oblique direction even if you impelled it forcefully straight. Without care, you’re liable to leave the object by the wayside and replace it with another, or with nothing. Tendencies of the object’s motion are produced both by the landscape—the slopes and the textures—and by the way you impel it, in big or little steps, with topspin or sidespin. The object may get stuck in a pothole or by the curb, and there’s no guarantee you’ll have the patience, or the small-foot-ness, needed to free it. People may look at you funny, as though you’re acting like a child, and you’re certain to leave the project behind without a bit of obliviousness and stand-offishness in you. It’s not clear whether you’re accomplishing anything with each step, let alone whether there is or what might be the ultimate payoff.