I’ve often used the expression “in a perfect world” to describe how something should work. In my professional life, “in a perfect world” is a great way to soften the blow of something not working the way it should, or to deflect attention away from deficiencies in the software we’re using.
“Yeah, in a perfect world, the system wouldn’t crash whenever Larry in Accounting uses his electronic calculator, but here we are.”
But for as often as I’ve said that phrase, I’ve never really considered what that “perfect world” looks like – outside from software not being buggy. Is it a place with world peace? A land where little kids don’t die, money grows on trees, and cream cheese frosting helps you lose weight? Sure, that would be swell, but maybe the Perfect World is different from some storybook utopia.
What if a perfect world were actually obtainable?
That’s my mission for the next 30 days: define what A Perfect World looks like.* How does it function? How do the people in it act and react? What special things – rare, if not foreign in our modern world – would help shape perfection?
*Through the relatively narrow worldview of a 40 year old Midwestern white guy. Hey – my idea, my rules.
Longtime readers may recall* that I participated in the Blogging A-Z Challenge last April. The challenge states that one must post a blog entry six days a week for the month of April, with each day’s post corresponding to a different letter of the alphabet. The organizers encourage a central theme to help tie the posts together. After kicking around some ideas (and being pessimistic about my chances for doing them justice – let alone completing them) I’m going with A Perfect World.
*If you don’t recall the 2014 A – Z collection, feel free to read through the archives here.
So with that long-winded intro out of the way, let’s dive in.
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