Cultural and moral emigrant from the UK. Science should be directed at equilibrium in the world. Music and the arts are vital ingredients for fairness and kindness in society. Politics and religion should both be discussed in pubs.
I think we all have a base condition. I’m not sure if that’s the right word for it, but what is meant is the thing you do that feels most like coming home, like yr default action, the foundation from which other actions or conditions diverge (or distract, or are differentiated). As far as I can tell, mine is reading. What’s yr base condition?
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”