Reality is complex. We can’t simplify it as much as we would want to. We can create structures and simplifying stories to help us make decisions, but there needs to be an acknowledgment that we don’t all live the same lives.
Our realities bump. Understanding requires work. No one has the capacity to understand in every way. We end up having to trust each other. Trust each other to go down different paths, while figuring out a way to stay in connection.
We can be right on the edge of human knowledge. If there is no connection back, even if someone expands those boundaries, no one else will apply the learnings.
There is a big tension between applied knowledge and theoretical knowledge. Opening questions up and closing down options to make tangible decisions. Sometimes by going down theoretical rabbit holes, you lose touch with other people. You live in a different place even if you are physically in the adjacent spot.
Because of randomness, ambiguity, and complexity, we don’t and can’t understand how everything is connected. We don’t and can’t know all the consequences of our decisions. We need to build in feedback loops, and capacity to understand the impact we are having on the world.
Actions matter. Actions have consequences. Consequences have consequences. We pulse, and our pulse ripples. The ripple is too complex for us to understand. We have to let go of that.
We are here. We are part of the world. Making peace with that complexity is difficult and important.
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