On the Need To Distrust the New, Part Ii
...The trials of long centuries
are a form of Darwin, you see,
beating good ideas into shape,
until they serve society.
One mere idea one person has,
is rarely ever up to the task,
what works is what ideas survive,
that’s not something you can learn fast.
Does this mean we throw out the new,
and discourage all who explore?
Or course not, that one good idea
in the bunch will open new doors.
But it does mean that we all should
be wary when a person claims
that what they think will change the world,
odds are time will prove them insane.
But given time the good ideas,
the ones that really will help us,
will keep popping up to prove themselves,
bringing more benefit than loss.
Our doubt drowns out the bad ideas,
but is helpless against the good,
what works remains, what doesn’t falls,
and we just roll on as we should.
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2021
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