Multiple Choice (My favorite type of questions)
What does it take to be wise? Is it?
- Read Calvin and Hobbes faithfully and meditate, or
- Mars bars and Caesar salad, or
- learn from your mistakes, or
- learn from other peoples mistakes?
That’s what is tough about multiple choice, they’re tricky, and sometimes more than one answer is right. However the person asking the question only accepts one answer as correct, but it that right?
The correct answer is #4 – learn from other people’s mistakes. (maybe I’m wrong though in this case because Calvin and Hobbes are really cool). (the coloured font is a link if you don’t know about Calvin & Hobbes)
What prompts me to write this post?
If you go to youtube and input a search “dutch and cycling” it comes up with some interesting youtube videos about the Dutch and their cycling paths.
My quickie summary – After World War II the Dutch economy improved and cars became more plentiful, cars and car parks, cars and accidents, cars and decreased cycling, and all of problems that come with lack of exercise.
Eventually the Dutch rebelled and told their government they wanted change and they protested. The government listened and it lead to the safe and plentiful cycle paths in the Netherlands now, copied in many other European countries but not (sadly) in North America.
Read more here – link to How the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure
Here is where I wonder what you think. I am interested because I live in a delightful little city roughly 8 kilometres between the lakes. In my opinion it is ideal in length and lack of hills for the most part for non motorized vehicles, and the encouragement of all the benefits that are derived therefrom.
Are we wise enough to learn from the Dutch? I hope so, if we can’t learn from other people’s mistakes then can we learn from the millions of Happy Dutch who are happy on healthy on their bikes and bike paths?
