Most of the time, things that happen are our own fault.
I don't plan to turn this channel into a philosophical channel any time soon, but I thought it would be an interesting insight to share this story.
As many of you know I'm from London, born and bred, British; and with such background it shouldn't come as a suprise, I drive a 2006 Range Rover.
The other day, I was parked in a single lane road, a narrow road with parking on both sides, and I was on the right hand side. I was perfectly legally parked within the parking bounds outlined by the white lines on the ground. Yet, within 5 minutes of parking there, a truck passed, and knocked my window. Thankfully, my mirror is a rotatable one, so all that happened was that the mirror got rotated a bit, and I just twisted it back. Dynamic. All good. The driver of the truck was apologetic, I saw there was no damage done, I just let him go.
Then, more and more cars start to pass, and I notice that they're all just-about squeezing pass the cars in the single lane, and driving very slowly. I think nothing of it. "I'm parked legally, fuck em", I think to myself.
10 minutes later, a massive truck passes, completely smashes my mirror, and drives off without stopping. This is known as a "Hit and Run" in the U. K., I remember the first half of his number plate, I was parked outside a government building with a multitude of cameras, I could've easily made a police report. I could've made a claim against his insurance, I could've reported him to the police. I chose not to.
Why? What's the emotional expenditure that it takes to call the police? What's the emotional expenditure to make an insurance claim against him? Larger than what I would like to expend. Why? Because the cost to replace a window is about $50. So the judgment which I made was, is my emotional expenditure < my financial gain. The answer was, no.
So who's at fault here? Of course, it's me. I should've moved my car as soon as it was hit the first time. Legalities do not define conclusions.
A person who is unable to think at the second-order/third-order would say that they were parked legally, make a police report, put a permanent mark against the truck driver on his insurance record for $50.
A lot of these principles can be applied to crypto, don't blame the world for something that happened, most of the time, outcomes are your responsibility, even if they aren't your fault.
I now drive with a spring and a piece of tape holding up my mirror.
