I stumbled. Upwards. Literally. This was not uncharacteristic for me. When I was a boy, my parents would frequently call me accident-prone. I wore it like a badge of honor, like I had a secret. I knew all my so-called accidents were actually experiments. One by one, as I made accidents - carelessly spilling water at the dinner table, stubbing my toe at the foot of the bed, running off a relatively-low cliff near Lake George in pursuit of a ball my brother tossed up and breaking my arm - I learned. I observed the consequence of so-called accidents that pushed to new boundaries and created scenarios that don’t exist in moments of stability, and developed an ability to learn from the consequences - more in terms of observing the science and philosophy of each action then learning how not to be accident-prone. Indeed, I am accident-prone to this day: I run around my house as a grown adult and break things all the time. As a child, this taught me how to genuinely apologize, how to remain calm in crisis, how to charm willing juries, and more. I conducted many such experiments.
On stumbles, experiments, and childhood
On stumbles, experiments, and childhood
On stumbles, experiments, and childhood
I stumbled. Upwards. Literally. This was not uncharacteristic for me. When I was a boy, my parents would frequently call me accident-prone. I wore it like a badge of honor, like I had a secret. I knew all my so-called accidents were actually experiments. One by one, as I made accidents - carelessly spilling water at the dinner table, stubbing my toe at the foot of the bed, running off a relatively-low cliff near Lake George in pursuit of a ball my brother tossed up and breaking my arm - I learned. I observed the consequence of so-called accidents that pushed to new boundaries and created scenarios that don’t exist in moments of stability, and developed an ability to learn from the consequences - more in terms of observing the science and philosophy of each action then learning how not to be accident-prone. Indeed, I am accident-prone to this day: I run around my house as a grown adult and break things all the time. As a child, this taught me how to genuinely apologize, how to remain calm in crisis, how to charm willing juries, and more. I conducted many such experiments.