{"id":1222,"date":"2012-01-01T14:57:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T14:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/blog\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2012-01-01T14:57:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T14:57:21","slug":"life-on-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcse.blog\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"Life on the Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Long,\u00a0long\u00a0ago in a land far, far away there were two kings who\u00a0ruled neighbouring kingdoms.<\/p>\n

King Bore\u00a0liked things to be completely predictable and risk free.\u00a0His subjects were\u00a0happy with\u00a0his Laws, there was no fear,\u00a0and nothing ever changed. Everyday was as it had always been for as long as anyone could remember.<\/p>\n

King Ran\u00a0was the opposite – he liked things to be unpredictable and risky. His subjects were happy with his Laws, there was always excitement, and nothing ever stayed the same.\u00a0Everyday was never the same as anyone could remember.<\/p>\n

The kingdoms were\u00a0named after the two\u00a0rulers –\u00a0Boredom and Random.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0fence\u00a0marked the boundary between their domains – and despite their different cultures, most of the citizens lived near the Fence\u00a0and spent much of their time sitting on it and debating\u00a0what lay on either side. Their debates\u00a0lasted for generations.<\/p>\n

The Boredoms argued for\u00a0doing everything the same as before;\u00a0while the Randoms argued for doing everything different.<\/p>\n

The fence was not fixed – it was\u00a0continually being\u00a0removed and\u00a0rebuilt. Sometimes the Randoms\u00a0brought news of exciting new discoveries and\u00a0shared it\u00a0during their Fence debates. Those who were convinced by the evidence would\u00a0vote to incorporate the new knowledge and move the fence towards the Random reward. At other times\u00a0the Randoms shared\u00a0news of catastrophes and\u00a0the Fence Sitters\u00a0would voted to move the fence\u00a0away from the Random Risk. Everyone\u00a0could choose to live where the balance of stability and instability felt most comfortable for them. Everyone was happy.<\/p>\n

One day a Great\u00a0and Unexpected Storm arrived and devastated\u00a0both kingdoms.<\/p>\n

When the\u00a0storm has passed the surviors emerged from their shelters and surveyed the damage.\u00a0 Most of Boredom had been\u00a0blown or washed away\u00a0because its inhabitants were\u00a0unable to react to the\u00a0unexpected threat. Random\u00a0was always changing anyway so the storm appeared to have little effect but there were many who had also been blown or washed away.<\/p>\n

The survivors were those who had sheltered closest to the Fence – but the Fence had been smashed – so\u00a0the survivors\u00a0rebuilt the Fence\u00a0– and continued to live as before – debating the next move – not knowing when the next\u00a0storm might arrive – but feeling more confident that at least some of them would survive.<\/p>\n

After\u00a0each\u00a0Storm the\u00a0populations of\u00a0Boredom and Random were\u00a0reduced – those who preferred to live furthest from the Fence were less likely\u00a0to survive –\u00a0and after each storm\u00a0the Kingdom of Random gained ground. The survivors were those most able to balance conservative with creative.<\/p>\n

Between the Storms new\u00a0discoveries became incorporated and ossified as dogma and\u00a0the Kingdom of Boredom gained ground as the balance shifted – until a Storm would once again smash the complacency and\u00a0force a rebuilding.<\/p>\n

It appeared that the key to survival was to learn how to both sit on the Fence and to keep\u00a0a foot on both sides and to be ready to jump one way or the other to shelter from the Storm.<\/p>\n

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Long,\u00a0long\u00a0ago in a land far, far away there were two kings who\u00a0ruled neighbouring kingdoms. King Bore\u00a0liked things to be completely predictable and risk free.\u00a0His subjects were\u00a0happy with\u00a0his Laws, there was no fear,\u00a0and nothing ever changed. Everyday was as it had always been for as long as anyone could remember. King Ran\u00a0was the opposite – he … <\/p>\n

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