“Everything that works is connected.”
I heard those words earlier this week and they have been branded into my spirit. If you know anything that is working, it is connected to something else.
I am here in the spirit of creating connections. Two is a result of ones connecting. Physics, mathematics, and engineering work because they are connected. Whatever you are interested in will make sense if you can make the appropriate connection. Skills and talents can yield money if you can plug the right economic connections.
So, I am interested in the workings of the human mind. But it all started to make sense, it all started to work when I made the connection between psychology, politics, literature, critical thinking and Philosophy. Consequently, anthropology was plugged in. Neurobiology and economics also. And that is how I read to make sense of the world. A little here, a little there and I am crafting my own world.
A lot of people are frustrated with doing what they love (yes, it is possible) because they cannot make the connection between their interests and reality. Writers may be frustrated because no one reads their work. Singers are despaired when no one is captivated by their music. You will have greater delight in doing what you already love to do if you see it play out in reality. Yet, no one would appreciate what you do if you don't make the relevant connection. You have to deliberately make that connection. It won't fall on your lap. You have to craft that connection. Get the books you need and begin to connect the dots. Be the Sherlock of your life.
It is great to have a power source. But good distribution requires the best connections. There is fire inside you, a world yet discovered. Make that connection today. Create something new.
“Everything that works is connected.”
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Here is a clue towards "core of functionality": good collectives are all the same, good people are all unique in their problem-solving. Bad collectives are diverse in their errors, bad people all think the same and make the same mistakes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina_principle https://archive.ph/8U5nw
If this is true, then does that mean goodness implies the need for specialization, individualization, and functional organization?