“Life can only be understood backwards; but must be lived forwards.” - Soren Kierkegaard

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ve heard this same concept expressed as, “we walk backwards into the future”. We can’t see what’s coming, only what has happened. (We can predict what’s coming based on what’s happened, but there’s always uncertainty.)