When everyone thinks the thing can go to the moon they're willing to believe.

· Bits and Bobs 1/27/25
  • When everyone thinks the thing can go to the moon they're willing to believe.
    • They'll put up with anything.
    • But when everyone can see the ceiling, they look around and see all the inescapable BS around them and they come crashing back to earth.
      • "If this is all there is, is it worth all of the frustration?"
    • A difference between focusing on the stars or focusing on the quotidian problems of the everyday.
    • One of the reasons momentum fixes all problems.
    • The extrapolation of momentum is to the moon, to infinite value, where every minor annoyance fades away.