Never before in history have we had access to so much information. And never before in history have we had so little capacity to sort through the flood of information that comes at us, some of which is crucial, some of which is irrelevant and some of which is just plain wrong. It’s easy to feel like so much is rushing in that our heads might explode.
What helps you to manage the information that comes at you?
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde
What complicated truth do you struggle with?
All of us follow some rules and not others—you could certainly feel that it’s important to tell the truth at all times, but decide that always being happy is not realistic or necessary or even a good thing.
What rules are important to you to follow? What rules do you deliberately choose to break?
“The truth.” Dumbledore sighed. “It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
― J.K. Rowling
When have you needed to be cautious about telling or learning the truth?
Plato famously claimed that everything we saw in life was simply shadows cast on the wall of a cave, while the “really real” truth happened outside the cave, beyond human perception.
What do you view as profoundly true that is beyond what we can perceive with our senses?
