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The spirit of our age concerns breaking unwieldy wholes into parts in order to solve problems better. We can see this process in modern science (reductionism), philosophy (analysis), and economics (the division of labor). A major disadvantage of breaking wholes into parts is forgetting to consider the infinitely greater whole. Although complete knowledge of this greater whole will remain forever beyond our grasp, we must not pass over it in silence. Expanding the scope of the problems we face helps us find better problems to solve. When we expand the scope of these problems to the limits of imagination, a structure of invariant values emerges. Understanding the process by which we best progress toward these timeless ends can help us progress ever more readily. For more on this read Boundless Pragmatism, An Invariant Strategy for Deciding Well. |
