Eivind Kjorstad <eivindorama@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The same goes on a personal level: Certain decisions you make
> (consciously or not) end up having a HUGE impact on the rest of your
> life, others have little impact.
>
> The trick is that I don't think it's possible to know which decisions
> belong to which category. You may think a certain decision is trivial,
> but choosing a certain way means you never meet the girl who'd otherwise
> become your wife, or means you'll be hit by a car and spend the rest of
> your life in a wheelchair.
You can know about some of them, at least.
For example, if I decide to go into the closet and feast upon the various
cleaning products stored therein, I know that my life will be altered a
great deal from the alternative.
But I think you're right, there are a small choices that don't matter and
small choices that do and you don't know which are which. It doesn't pay
to worry about it too much, since you don't know.
Without being able to tell ahead of time and without being able to make a
second attempt the distinction is pretty academic, though.
--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software
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