In perfect safety there cannot be risk, or fun, or ultimately life. While we do function well in safe places, we do live only on the edge of the unknown, with sketchy maps, vague instructions and missing safety manuals.
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be myself, machiavelli, nine to five, no risk no fun, safety last
We are blind to the things we don't care about and, as long as all behave as expected, to the rest too. The irregularities and outliers are what our senses have really evolved to perceive. Whenever we finally have sorted out everything, it's the new, the deviant which we find ourselves desperately digging through the dirt for.