Friend just asked, in a group convo, what we thought of Malaysia’s economy given the recent spate of articles about it being a failed state.
Past me: research for a day or two, make pronouncements that are adequately hedged in order to sound intelligent.
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Older me: research for three months, executing an ad-hoc study program of developmental economics and Malaysian economic history in the process.
Current me: recoil from the work needed to have an opinion and say that I have no idea what’s going to happen next.
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Although I just got my second vaccine shot and I may start making confident pronouncements in a few hours when the delirium kicks in.
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