Procrastination must be a
Darwinian survival trait – it has been so thoroughly inculcated into our
makeup. There have to be more procrastinators than go-getters in our world. If
it was just an unfortunate condition, it would have been bred out of us millennia
ago.
So the caveman who said “You
guys go ahead, I’ll stay sharpen my spear and go on the hunt tomorrow,” missed
the saber-tooth attack, so he got to procreate while his more expeditious brothers
went to dinner. When Leonidas went to the
Pass, there must have been some temporizing Spartan who volunteered to be
number 301, and was delegated to stay behind to protect the city. SO his
children were able to pass along that postponing gene.
Dawdling no doubt infused
the gene pool when procrastinators arrived late to the party, and got the best
girls (or guys) because they weren’t as drunk as the early revelers. The winners
in social, business, and political conflicts must have been dominated by
loiters who stood aside while more hurried compatriots rushed forward towards
genetic disaster.
Got any examples of your
own? Post them here and we’ll see who agrees.
No rush. Do it when you
get a chance.
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