Our decreasing ability to interpret the world makes us insecure, anguished, and vulnerable.
If we meet somebody who says “Don't worry. Yes, there are a lot of things that you don't know.
The world is dangerous, but I have the answers. It doesn't matter how complex the world appears.
I have simple answers to the problems that you perceive," that person is going to be very attractive and we will be tempted to trust that person.
We will want to delegate the decisions that we are enabled to make on our own.
We will wish for that person to be right.
We will allow that person to lead.
As we look out on the world, trying to understand it, we structure our knowledge of the information collected, across several dimensions. Spatial, temporal,...
Something amazing is happening: we are in the process of designing and deploying the tools that enable us to completely change how we define...
Recently, I attended a nine-day Vipassana silent retreat, and I’d like to share my experience with you. Firstly, my perspective is limited. I’ll describe...
