And To All a Good Night

http://kunstler.com/blog/2010/12/and-to-all-a-good-night.html

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Evolution

An important step in evolution is to develop the ability to make decisions based on reason, logic, and empirical study, with no readily available environmental indicators or context.

Most of us need environmental (read: from our surroundings) feedback to impel us to act, otherwise the inertia of our current actions and way of life carry us blindly forth.
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You can perform a task by relying on a system. If your system is good enough, you can perform the task better than everyone else.

In doing this, you are placing the value of winning above the values of freedom and chance. It comes down to your goals. The difficulty of the task also matters - if it is too easy, the system robs the task of its meaning. If the task is difficult enough that the system cannot dominate the task, meaning (fun) persists.

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Quote

"Either we are alone in the universe or we are not - both ideas are overwhelming."

What do/would the world's religions have to say about this?
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Teddy Roosevelt refused to allow his children to 'go around' a challenge - they had to go over or through them.

Is there a better test of character ?
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This Century

Did our parents and grandparents have confidence they were bring children into a brighter future? If so, for many people this feeling no longer resonates.

Uncertainty of the sustainability of our current way of life and standard of living means our decisions are tinged with doubt.

Yet, a feeling of risk and the need to work hard to realize our visions likely makes us better humans.
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