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RE: A Stoic and Buddhist Critique of Anarcho-Capitalists
Every time someone says red pill I take it upon myself to point out that we all only see one layer of the red onion.
It takes decades (years of being taught and adapted to one world view, then years to struggle against the new ontology, then the red pill event, then repeat) to have run through enough layers of the red onion to even see that there is an onion, but we can never, by our nature, see more than the outer layer.
Yes, excellent comment. There is no theory of everything. We can only continue to slowly expand our perception of the world by learning about more and more different mental models and experiencing life. The only thing we can do is to examine the world and ourselves every time we face cognitive dissonance to grow into the next layer of the onion.
I really like how you used this onion analogy, because it was also in Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the four Chinese Classic Novels.
Very good article @limitless and also a great comment from @baerdric about the onion layers.
I was considering Miyamoto Musashi's books when reading this article, and it has helped me understand a few more of his statements that have perplexed me until now. For me, I've always enjoyed orbiting around arguments and sitting their personally in detachment (even laughing but in a detached manner) because I could see a lot of people get taken over by their emotions. It took me a long time to detach from emotions as a teenager. In general, the wilderness, mountains and serenity has helped in that respect. Recently, I look at all of these arguments people are having on both the left and the right and many times I have questioned to myself (why did these patterns and groupings even form in the first place?) I like your network theory and nodal approach to determining the perception and reality feedback scenario.
Always good to get your suggestions what books to get