To me, the term “the law of unintended consequences” means a series of events that happens unexpectedly, and could have both positive and negative result to a person. For instance, say someone, who had no intention of receiving anything in return, helped a woman who needed help and received money in return. This is the positive result of the law of unintended consequences. On the other hand, say someone tried to throw away the glass bottle in the waste can, when an old man walked near by the waste can and hit his head really hard, resulting in killing that old man. This is the negative result of the law of unintended consequences. Which ever result it is, I think this “law of unintended consequences” can happen to any of us living in this world although none of us are expecting such an event.
You illustrate the concept, but don't yet connect it to your own life experience. Please reread Blogging Assignment 6 once more. I'm interested in seeing how you relate this idea to what you've experienced previously. Your personal example would say much more about how deeply you've processed this idea.
返信削除Oh, well, the positive result that I have written for my blog assignment really did happen to me. I was walking back to my house from my school when a foreign person (later I found out that he was from US) asked me a way to a certain place that he wanted to go in English. I was in no hurry, so I took him to that place and when I was about to leave, the guy gave me thousand yen to show his gratitude. I wasnt expecting such a return, but it was really nice.
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