Hobson’s alternative | Seth’s Weblog

…is not any alternative in any respect.

The steady proprietor will get to select which horse you get. Take it or depart it.

Some individuals desire this. It signifies that we’re off the hook and never accountable. It relieves us of the emotional labor of alternative. Let another person fear about it…

And so we surrender our company and our freedom, merely to keep away from duty.

The factor is, there’s nonetheless a alternative: The selection of whether or not or not to enter the steady within the first place.

Each time we select a job, solid a poll (or select to not), or choose a path, we’re making a alternative. What occurs after that’s nonetheless our duty.