When I think of ignorance, I think of Columbus. The celebrated slave
trader died thinking he had discovered a route to the East. It is important to develop
techniques to map your ignorance. Even if we realise the vast quantity of stuff
that is impossible to know and understand, we still need to navigate our way
through life. Like a vast black sky with spider webs spun across it, we shoot
best guesses until we develop a net that can hold us. We don’t know all the
options available to us. We don’t know the steps required. The best we can do
is build the capacity to endure for a long enough time to create meaning. The
resilience to adapt and adjust as things go, and don’t go, our way. Creativity
doesn’t come in the knowing, but it does come from developing the resources to
know. Then take a deep breath, and just keep moving.
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