Tuesday, February 18, 2003 :::
Kate Malcolm. We think we've pushed back the jungle, but we haven't.I think I've become more fatalistic in the past year and a half. There are things we can do, and we should do them, but we need to recognize that certain goals — such as Daley's predictable assurance that we can make sure "nothing like this ever happens again" — aren't literally, strictly in reach. So we make trade-offs, because that's the best we can do. If we let our awareness of reality become enervating, we're in real trouble, but if we allow it to open options for us because the ones we were previously willing to accept are off the table, it will help us mitigate the risks that we will never be able to eliminate.
::: posted by dWj at 2:48 PM