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An interesting example of the human aptitude for biting off more than one can chew is reflected in the hope that it should be possible to make a sought-after condition last for ever, even though one doesn't need to be a scientist these days to resign without further explanation to the notion that any process in the universe with the exception of the Big Bang, never mind the endless debate on the subject, is subject to fluctuations which to date have all but resisted tweaking. One cannot expect the whole population to appreciate that mounting resistance against things that are forced on one seldom produces results, and it would be unsportsmanlike to leave those who do holding the baby, although they mustn't be allowed to have anything to say by the time they have finally seen the light, experience having shown that he who gets caught up in the snares of power seldom acts as sensible people would want him to. The fear of the cry for equitable allotment is partly anchored in the assumption that there is no way this process could be completed by negotiating a steady path, so that the option of making the reward partially dependant on the readiness to go the extra mile ends up buried under the justification of the catastrophe of the ideal, which in its unbridled outcome would produce an embarrassment of frustrated mediocrity. |