We do what we do mostly with good intentions and the limited knowledge we possess. If one were to sit back and think about the course of events it would be fun to see how seemingly random decision form an intricate and well connect story of our life.
Had it not been for the Commodore 64 and my generous friend Alok (Balwin’s, in a past life), I would have not every though of programming. Had it not been for the interest in programming I would not being in Computer Science…and eventually writing this blog post. Could I see it back then? Of course not! Will I be able to see it from this point forward? I want to say yes, but the truth is no.
If one looks beyond himself, the same applies to things at a much grander scale. Take our planet for example. Today we do what we do knowing very well that we are pushing the planet to the edge. Had we known this, would our course of action been any different? Knowing this are we doing anything different? Are we not like kids with match sticks, not knowing the consequences…