In defence of “what if?”

We live in a world not of ambitions achieved completely and plans that reliably follow a straight line but of zigs and zags; of vast schemes that come to nothing or, perhaps more often, get far enough to shape the next cycle of ambition and action before their own demise.

In defence of “what if?” Why counterfactual history is an essential tool for understanding the present.

Ben Harris-Roxas @ben_hr