I will not be 'me' tomorrow

Have you ever scrolled through your past writings or posts online and had a feeling of cringe. That can't be me, What a stupid I was !

I am sure you have, at some point.

In part, this is explained by a phenomenon called Denning - Kruger effect. The less you know about something, the more likely you are to not know that you don't know.

It's like college kids proudly brandishing 'Das Kapital' from their scout bags. Or the Greta Thunbergs' of the world confusing emotion and activism with reason and scientific credibility. Like there's a moral sex appeal to the idea of equality and activism, until you grow up to bitterly realize that, that's not how the world works.

As they say, If you’re not a communist at 20, you don't have a heart, if you’re still a communist at 30, do you have a brain?

That's you, me and everyone else sliding off the mount stupid, falling into that temporary abyss of despair. And once you call your own bluff, it's all but natural to feel like an imposter and get bogged down.

But It’s an inevitable cycle everyone has to pass through. And there's a need to acknowledge and embrace the fact that our existence is not static. Our mind is a marvelous, moist piece of computer which is learning and unlearning everyday.

A phrase Amit Varma likes to use in his conversations is perfectly apt here - 'No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man'.

With that, Milord, I rest the argument and absolve my future self of all I've said today and hope not to be hounded by my online ghost.