My Reaction to Matt Egdar's Blog

One of the most successful analogies Edgar uses is the one considering perspective. He explains that: 'We humans see change as if looking through a window at a...night sky. Clouds rush by while the Moon appears a fixed point. In fact the Moon is hurtling by at 2288 miles per hour. The clouds..draw our attention. We try to make sense of them, and see patterns in their random shapes.'We look at the past in the same manner. Changes that a long time ago were highly groundbreaking and revolutionary, now seem still, peaceful and uncontroversial. However, the things that are changing currently seem fast and exciting, easily grabbing out attention. In this piece of analysis, Edgar successfully and robustly describes the attitude of humans towards change, a topic which one could write endless volumes on, in just a few sentences.