coins

i went to a talk last night on the basis of a coin toss. somewhat distraught by the plight of humanity i sat around after thinking about good and evil and the general state of human affairs. it’s quite astounding to think that we have not been able to overcome our human deficiencies over the millennia but i think it must stem from the fact that it is a personal quest for each and everyone of us. but with vast population growth of the past couple of centuries we’ve managed to export our individual struggles to the world around us and forgotten what the root of it all is. it is very difficult to think of a solution that can be developed for the dauntingly complex world we live in. too few people want to accept the basic proposition that being individually “good” is the most important factor in all of this... they shrug it off as too easy and simplistic. little do they realize how difficult introspection and personal change actually is, or if they do they are doing a great job of avoiding it.

needless to say i couldn’t get any work done...