The Price We Pay For Our Irresponsible

Psychologists Call This Habituation, Economists Call It Declining Marginal Utility, And The Rest Of Us Call It Marriage.

Human Beings Are Works In Progress That Mistakenly Think They’re Finished. The Person You Are Right Now Is As Transient, As Fleeting And As Temporary As All The People You’re Ever Been. The One Constant In Our Lives Is Change.

People Want To Be Happy, And All The Other Things They Want Are Typically Meant To Be A Means To That End.

The Mistakes We Make When We Try To Imagine Our Personal Futures Are Also Lawful, Regular, And Systematic. They, Too, Have A Pattern That Tells Us About The Powers And Limits Of Foresight In Much The Same Way That Optical Illusions Tell Us About The Powers And Limits Of Eyesight.

If I Wanted To Know What A Certain Future Would Feel Like To Me, I Would Find Someone Who Is Already Living That Future. If I Wonder What It's Like To Become A Lawyer Or Marry A Busy Executive Or Eat At A Particular Restaurant, My Best Bet Is To Find People Who Have Actually Done These Things And See How Happy They Are.