What if the belief that we can ‘bring about desirable outcomes’ is part of our problem? This belief in our own ability to shape the world to our ends. What if we just focused on our own true and ethical expression of self - with no intent to design ‘improvements’ in the world?
Morning Mike - in the article I talk a little about moving beyond hope. I wonder if that resonates with you? It’s a concept that I have struggled with but increasingly think I am beginning to understand more…
Absolutely. Hope in our development perhaps as individuals and a species but divorced from a belief that we ‘know’ how to make the world a better place…
The truth is, given the infinite complexity of the world and other people and ourselves and the tremendous limitations and distortions of our brains, we don’t have much of a clue what is going on. - Tim Lott
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