{"id":2748,"date":"2007-10-08T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2014-01-19T22:54:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T21:54:38","slug":"on-choosing-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/2007\/10\/08\/on-choosing-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"On choosing risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prefer all vague and incoherent threats<br \/>\nTo real harm\u00a0<em>today<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>here<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>now<\/em>.<br \/>\n(And those who pose such problems, disavow:<br \/>\nFor lives are unfit subjects for such bets.)<br \/>\nWhen faced with lesser evils, don&#8217;t forget<br \/>\nThat evils they are still, and any good<br \/>\nIs dearly bought. When choosing evils, should<br \/>\nInaction be an option, choose not yet.<br \/>\nThe future keeps its counsel closely veiled.<br \/>\nUntil then, all we have are guesses, made<br \/>\nFor reasons good or ill, and blindly weighed<br \/>\nTo fathom who&#8217;ll be right, and who has failed.<br \/>\nUntil the ends are known, the means are all<br \/>\nOn which to judge; with them we stand or fall.<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/archives\/009429.html#216992\">Making Light<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prefer all vague and incoherent threats To real harm\u00a0today, and\u00a0here, and\u00a0now. (And those who pose such problems, disavow: For lives are unfit subjects for such bets.) When faced with lesser evils, don&#8217;t forget That evils they are still, and any good Is dearly bought. When choosing evils, should Inaction be an option, choose not yet. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/2007\/10\/08\/on-choosing-risks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On choosing risks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[1797],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sonnets","tag-risks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2749,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}