The biggest confusion of the century
I would like to start off this blog with what I found to be the epitome of simplified insight, that I could find at the age of 42; the neatest simplified summary of the human condition. Which opened a whole new world of thought to me. The picture I have in my mind is that of a monkey in front of a super computer. No disrespect to monkeys, that are in some respects smarter and more communal and consensual than us... and it might not be the best archetype, but it's one that works for me. Maybe there's a more universal one, but for now this will have to do. It seems that dissecting things in terms of dualities helps us to gain new perspectives - and insight - and to me, that is an interaction between two parts: a viciously no-nonsense, self-protective, self-interested self - which is in intimately and intricately tied to a communal, do-gooding, well-wishing, curious and explorative self. A "monkey" and a "super computer". I think we're both. The monkey ...