You’ve bought a handful of Union Carbide stock, let’s say. Or you’ve invested in gold. Or you own a house. These are races that aren’t going to ‘finish’ in any ordinary future that you can foresee. Such a race is open-ended. No arbitrarily chosen measure of time or distance, no judge or referee will tell you when you can stop striving and flop down on the grass. You are required to do that yourself – you alone. The race ends when you say it ends. Minor Axiom III tells you how to arrive at this ending. Decide where the finish line is before you start the race.
