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In an age that prides itself on being capable of resolving and clarifying every aspect of experience in such a way as to explain it, in the hope of controlling it, we are too apt, when faced with a question that cannot be answered, either to deny that the question has meaning, or to deny that the problematic entity exists, or both. It is not just Z
... See moreIain McGilchrist • The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World
To find ease, we must embrace the uncertainty that comes with unexpected/scary/big feelings when we engage in actions with unpredictable outcomes. Human beings are afraid of uncertainty because we are usually not interested in the truth – we’re interested in the elimination of uncertainty, and that fact alone causes us to believe things and do thin... See more
harnessing the power of our subconscious mind — Aishwarya Khanduja
Our choice is not between false certainty or ignorance; it is between surrender or participation. So we need to leave simple solutions behind, to be bolder in our search, more penetrating in our enquiry, more energetic in our quest for discovery.
Margaret Heffernan • Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future
One alternative to this state of affairs is to ditch the idea, should we be under its sway, that what we need to make our way in the world is simply more information. For one thing, there are practical difficulties: even in cases where more information might be genuinely helpful, it may not be forthcoming when we need it. But, more importantly, som... See more
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • The Answer Is Not More Information
