Saturday, January 19, 2019

Swimming With Sharks

When you look at this you have to ask yourself, is the nature of "monster" in the individual, or in the environment it operates in? Or perhaps some combo of both (understanding that the eye of the beholder is involved as well, of course)?

That being said, however, doesn't change the fact that, whatever the case may be, just because they are ostensibly fat and happy, at the moment, doesn't necessarily mean they will continue to be, in all of the moments to follow. Just ask the last noteworthy guy who used to pal around with grizzly bears.

There does seem to me to be one thing to be certain about here, though. And that is the one important aspect of "sharkness," other than its specific predation capabilities, that you can, always, count on, are the ever present, and ultimately, insatiable, appetites to be bigger, and badder, than all of the other sharks, so that particular expression of sharkness will prevail.

And if that means gobbling down well intentioned, very compelling, and appealing, nurturers of divine process (think of not only naturalists, or biologists, here, but all of the starry eyed dreamers who would be Liberals, or Progressives. or just people called to public service in general), it will be just another day at the office for the particular shark in question. Have no illusions about that.