Why do we still broadly care about “five-year plans?”

Let me try to get into this idea of the five year plan a little bit dramatically. Bear with me.

I’ve probably been to 7–10 funerals in my life. Last Saturday was №10 or so, and it happened to be a good friend of mine who died about 12 days short of his 36th birthday. Death isn’t fun, but when you go to a funeral for a 94 year-old, there’s a sense of “Well, full life.” 36…