Imagine 10,000 years in the future. Two archaeologists are digging a site, and they find the remains of human bones. They take those remains to the lab, perform tests on them, and try to reconstruct the habits and lifestyle of that human. Say those bones belong to me. They are trying to find out my story, how I lived, what I ate, where I traveled, etc. Once they find all the info they need, they toss it into a museum where they store all other such ancient human remains they find. I was essentially one data point to them in trying to understand how humanity evolved over time. Or I can also call myself a “datum”, the singular form of data, literally one piece of information to solve a bigger puzzle. Honestly, I don’t need 10,000 years to become a datum. I am already a part of several datasets people use these days to study many things. So for that objective learner, I am already a datum. Now let me get to how I got the dumb part of it. I have had an interesting and eventful life so far...
1. I am hitting 1500 miles of running this Saturday! I started with the goal of running 1000 miles this year, and somehow managed to do better than that. I can’t help but think I have been very fortunate this year. 2. I ran the newly constructed extension of Katy trail, and it had hexagon tiles. I started thinking about other polygons, like septagon (7-sided), octagon (8-sided), etc. I forgot what 9-sided and 10-sided polygons are called. Anyways, geometry was never my strong point. 3. I wore my Eugene Marathon shirt for the run today and a lady randomly asked me, “oh, are you from Eugene? I am from Seattle.” I gave an awkward smile, uttered a sound that was supposed to convey a ‘no’, and just continued running. It made me realize that my social skills have taken a serious hit in recent times. 4. I saw either a very large rat or a normal sized opossum while running back home. That’s...