047. Change
[audio // English]
Steel with too much carbon in it becomes brittle. Hard and able to hold an edge, but when struck, it will shatter. A milder steel needs to be sharpened more often, but that slight softness leads to a longer-lasting blade that can absorb shocks time after time.
Humanity's advantage, as a species and as individuals, is adaptability. Capacity for change keeps us alive in an unpredictable universe. To lose that flexibility is death--a death so slow its encroachment might be unnoticeable, but every bit as sure as a bullet.
It's not impossible to retake the lost ground, but it may prove too difficult.
[Sounds like someone's going diving.]
Steel with too much carbon in it becomes brittle. Hard and able to hold an edge, but when struck, it will shatter. A milder steel needs to be sharpened more often, but that slight softness leads to a longer-lasting blade that can absorb shocks time after time.
Humanity's advantage, as a species and as individuals, is adaptability. Capacity for change keeps us alive in an unpredictable universe. To lose that flexibility is death--a death so slow its encroachment might be unnoticeable, but every bit as sure as a bullet.
It's not impossible to retake the lost ground, but it may prove too difficult.
[Sounds like someone's going diving.]