{"id":16129,"date":"2017-02-01T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/work-out-what-youre-best-at-and-act\/"},"modified":"2017-02-01T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:42:25","slug":"work-out-what-youre-best-at-and-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/work-out-what-youre-best-at-and-act\/","title":{"rendered":""Work out what you’re best at, and act.""},"content":{"rendered":"

Politics and News stuff is, right now, pretty goddamn painful.<\/p>\n

It may not seem like it, but I really do try to balance the doom and gloom stuff with things that, while maybe still newsy, are a little less horrible.<\/p>\n

So, here's this piece I just read.<\/p>\n

I think you can learn a lot from history. “Don’t be complacent” is a good lesson. “Yes, this is really happening” is a good lesson. “Little events can spiral out of control almost in an instant” is a pretty good one, too.<\/i><\/p>\n

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm intensely, nauseously worried about where things are are right now, but I do appreciate a realistic take on events that is a little<\/i> more optimistic about our chances, so I thought I'd share. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/medium.com\/@zacha\/history-is-about-the-past-thats-kind-of-the-point-d89e0fd9b995#.97au40a95<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t buy into the inevitability […]. That goes double if you feel like Trump is the end of the world.<\/i><\/p>\n

Germany after WW1, Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, Russia during and after the Communist regime — they didn’t have strong civil societies and a strong tradition of government. The United States does. Despite how it may appear at the moment.<\/i><\/p>\n

Believing that disaster is inevitable helps allow it to happen. Don’t be blinkered about what a Trump presidency means, but don’t believe that disaster is inevitable.<\/i><\/p>\n

History is About the Past, That’s Kind of the Point<\/a>
Why you shouldn’t buy into Tobias Stone’s end of the world article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Politics and News stuff is, right now, pretty goddamn painful. It may not seem like it, but I really do try to balance the doom and gloom stuff with things that, while maybe still newsy, are a little less horrible. So, here's this piece I just read. I think you can learn a lot from … <\/p>\n

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