There but for the Grace of Time Go I
There but for the Grace of Time Go I
Section titled “There but for the Grace of Time Go I”
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Section titled “Metadata”- Author: ayjay
- Full Title: There but for the Grace of Time Go I
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Section titled “Highlights”- One of the fundamental laws of human nature: We blame our vices on circumstances beyond our control, but we give ourselves full credit for our virtues. I’ve been a pretty consistent critic over the years of the Fake First Person Plural, that is, when writers use “we” when what they really mean is “you stupid losers.“ But in this case I am using “we“ quite deliberately: I am as prone to this mental disease as anyone. On some deep level I really do believe that my fundamental moral commitments would be the same if I had had a very different life — I believe it, even though I know it isn’t true. And “Yesterday’s Enterprise” reminds me why it isn’t true.
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