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With hindsight , this was a courageous which proved to be a wise one : SWITCH was entering a completely new field of activity . Candidly , two practices have been felt as unnatural and uncomfortable all along by this author : ( 1 ) using two-digit for the year , ' 78 instead of 1978 ; ( 2 ) skip 0 in front of the decimal point .84 instead of 0.84 ( hopefully this is not construed as hindsight , since it is not ) . With a decade of hindsight , there is no evidence of a " giant sucking sound " of jobs , investment , and manufacturing capacity heading south . Historians , separated from the emotions of the moment and with hindsight as their guide , are painting a canvas of the man and his policies using a palette of opinions and events that give Ronald Reagan 's tenure as president both dimension and fluidity . This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight , but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership , that is the way he does what he does , is to his perception . With a wry chuckle at the power of hindsight , Andresen recalls that two of the horse owners insisted that their animals had the same disease as the people in New York . The mandate is also a prime example of the phenomenon known as hindsight distortion . It is easy to talk with hindsight , but even back in the mid-1980s , in the midst of the Cold War , warnings were given to Washington on the dangers of backing hardline Islamic fundamentalists who increasingly spat venom at the US . Or , for that matter , based upon hindsight , was it the best decision when we decided to occupy a country which is clearly more interested in settling sectarian scores than becoming the 51st state and applying for the next expansion team in the NFL . With hindsight it is easy enough to blame one group or another . Second , with the acuity of hindsight , thoughtful persons have seen that public officials , the media , and private citizens typically overreacted : Real free-speech dangers were not as great as anticipated , and legitimate civic dissent paid an unacceptable price . On hindsight I 'm inclined to agree although a few Mathematicians and Computer Scientists in my year did take a year out and seemed none the worse off for it . As usual they react after the event , and with the benefit of hindsight and the speed at which events unfold , it is easy to play the expert .