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N ot too long ago, when my son was a senior in high school, I went to a local photography studio where my son had his senior pictures taken. While a great studio, equipped with all the latest gadgets and gear, they were still intent on selling me print copies, and every package included a set of wallet-sized photos. Keep learning If you rely solely on what you thought you once knew to be true, you run the risk of being an obsolete relic of yesteryear.
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have become outdated, obsolete, or downright wrong. I remember the smallest things in nature being atoms. I only recently began learning about quarks and leptons. It has changed my whole perspective on the construct of the universe and has inspired me to search for more answers. “As we age, some of what we thought we knew to be fact may have become outdated, obsolete, or down-right wrong.”
When was the last time you pulled out your wallet to show off exactly one picture of your child? If asked, you would likely pull out your smart phone and scroll through hundreds of pictures in your gallery, Facebook account, Instagram page, or some other trendy social media app. But not your wallet. Technology has evolved and what this photographer thought was still in vogue has been gone for years. What he remembered was out of date. I’m certainly a rememberer. I enjoy the satisfaction of pulling information from the hidden recesses of my brain, long ago forgotten. However, there’s a downside to that. As we age, some of what we thought we knew to be fact may
See BILL MURPHEY, page 10
THE ZWEIG LETTER May 8, 2017, ISSUE 1199
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