Random Lives

I think it’s impossible to single out one specific decision. If you hadn’t done A then you wouldn’t be in a position to do B and for that reason C would never enter the equation and so on. As human beings we are constantly trying to find patterns, reasons and starting points. This is because we want to make sense of life and to imagine that there is a guiding hand, either of God, whoever you perceive that entity to be, or fate. The greatest likelihood, however, is that we are random organisms living random lives in a random universe. Pretty much the only element that is fixed is the human factor, which is that we are imperfect creatures making decisions with very little information and giving power to those who do not deserve to have it.

We love a story and we constantly tell narratives that we pretend to ourselves are true or logical. In fact the stories we tell are just as made up as the fiction we read. So, if you find a decision for today to talk about, the decision will be interesting and no doubt seem important, but it will be part of a random series of events that you are retrospectively putting a structure to.