The collapse of history

I have noticed a trend in our society towards using cherry picked “facts” as bats to bludgeon people with.

Social media has a lot to answer for.

We (I) have become really reactive.

Jumping to conclusions about people.

Construing things through the most negative possible lens.

I have been guilty of this too.

Our society is complex.

History is complex.

Looking at things through any particular lens might be valuable to add to the sum of human knowledge - but isn’t an end in itself.

If we aren’t using the lens consciously as a tool then it is an impediment to sight.

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CopperCicada · M

The antidote is to accept that we don't know.

But "don't know" mind is uncomfortable.

That means not having a story that explains everything. It means not having every person and every thing sorted into their boxes. It means not knowing whose fault things are, what we're going to do, what the outcomes are.

In truth-- we don't know any of that.

"Don't know" mind really gives us freedom. Pliancy. Space.

SW-User

@CopperCicada the beauty of ‘not knowing’ is it is like swimming - your mind is always open to absorbing more information