[extropy-chat] Nothing happens "was transhumanist nut jobs"

[BillK]

On 7/17/06, Russell Wallace wrote:
>
>  One day at a time.
>
>  We like to believe we can make grand plans, and sometimes we even can;
> however, successful plans tend to be either detailed or long-term but _not_
> both simultaneously - the future isn't that predictable.
>
>  What we do is, we hold general principles that history tells us we can rely
> on - knowledge is better than ignorance, progress is better than stagnation
> and decline. Then within that, we set ourselves to individual tasks that
> will contribute in some way to those long-term goals. We work, each of us at
> our chosen task, one day at a time; and we discover the future, one day at a
> time.
>

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
       Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

But I have always liked ---

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
        John Lennon (1940 - 1980)

BillK