I was quite the idealist when I first stumbled upon Ran ' s blog a decade ago . I was a vegan who tried to be pure in every way possible to prevent global warming , Walmart from expanding , animal suffering , etc . But as Ive gotten older , I ' ve become more selfcentered for better or worse and feel more like a tiny worthless speck in this vast world . Actually Ran ' s blog posts have shaped my worldview a bit . His posts about the Utopian Dictator Fallacy , stupidity of trying to remain morally pure , uselessness of microscale feel good boycotts , etc have made me realize that an individual can ' t do much and trying to gain brownie points for being morally superior doesn ' t do much . <| sep |> Yeah Rogers is saying how that technique is endemic to growing up on bouncy pitches . Players like Katich and Renshaw and Buck do it because it gets their head over off stump and stop you from knicking off . Opens up an lbw though if you can ' t play straight .