Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today ‘let us remember, ‘What we give our Attention to matters.’
Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been stripped off and we become freer in our action and choices.
This week I bring to your attention another excerpt which we have titled – Fallacy of Narratives from the book titled ‘Uncharted’ – How to Map the Future Together by Margaret Heffernan.
In her bold and invigorating new book, Margaret Heffernan explores the individuals, organizations and mindsets that aren’t daunted by uncertainty but seize the challenge of making the future for them-selves and explores answers to these questions, how can we think about the future? What do we need to do – and who do we need to be?
Fallacy of Narratives
The fallacy of narrative lies in the fact that human beings don’t experience themselves in just one way, but in a wide variety of ways over time. Our history is not static but fluid. Yesterday’s cab route won’t necessarily be today’s, because of road works, a colleague’s tip, the overnight appearance of a crime scene or just a moment’s lapse in attention. A career choice early in life need not be deemed an error in the light of a change of profession decades later. People change, events change them and their own choices move them to places where they see more of life, differently. These contingencies, accidents, flukes aren’t errors or bugs; however uncertain, they are an infinite source of life’s richness, opportunity and freedom.
The complex system from which we expect the greatest predictive power is genetics.
Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner observed that identical twins develop different immune systems. The different experiences and environments of the two individuals, even with exactly the same DNA, are different enough to produce life-defining differences. What happens along the way is life
Excerpt from ‘Uncharted’ by Margaret Heffernan
I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link:
http://www.mheffernan.com/book-uncharted.php
Enjoy reading it with your family, friends and near and dear one’s.
Namaste!
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