REVELATIONS There are revelations that you are glad you had, and revelations tha

REVELATIONS

There are revelations that you are glad you had, and revelations that you’re sad you’ve had. I’ve had a lot of great revelations that filled me with awe. And a small number that have filled me with …. depression.

Most of us remember when we realized our parents are not people we really should listen to any longer.

The hard one for me was realizing just how dim most people were. They weren’t evil really. The just don’t know better. The idea of going through life like that, as an ordinary person, was terrifying. I was depressed for months.

Today was just one of those days where you realize that the number of ‘human’ humans is actually very, very small. And the rest are just trained apes that we hope don’t do too much damage.

How do you know you’re talking to a human? You know when you cross disciplinary boundaries and someone can follow you, and you them. Because the ultimate wisdom is in how we know what we can know, and how to go about the possibility of knowing it. Regardless of discipline.

Everyone else is just imitating some behavior or other, like a well trained pet.

I know why Socrates tried to walk out of athens, and why Lao Tzu and St Patrick did. It seems completely hopeless.

Sigh. Bad day.