Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way that you feel As every fairy tale comes real I’ve looked at love that way But now it’s just another show And you leave ’em laughing when you go
Yes to this. Though I think there's also another category of thing that we often don't see clearly. That's institutions which work in different ways for a lot of different people. My favourite example is education, which suits the purposes of those who think children should be morally trained, those who think children should be vocationally trained, and those who just want some childcare. There is massive contradiction in the desires and aims of all the people who participate in the education institution, and if we ever talked about them, the whole thing would fall apart. But it works so well for all the different groups that we learn to avoid ever letting our conversations about it reach the sticking point. I think similar situations obtain with prisons, and marriage, and the church (for a long time).So yes, some things we avoid applying our real knowledge because we choose to join a shared conception of sacredness; and some things we avoid applying our real opinions to because we choose to join an institution of convenience.
Yes to this. Though I think there's also another category of thing that we often don't see clearly. That's institutions which work in different ways for a lot of different people. My favourite example is education, which suits the purposes of those who think children should be morally trained, those who think children should be vocationally trained, and those who just want some childcare. There is massive contradiction in the desires and aims of all the people who participate in the education institution, and if we ever talked about them, the whole thing would fall apart. But it works so well for all the different groups that we learn to avoid ever letting our conversations about it reach the sticking point. I think similar situations obtain with prisons, and marriage, and the church (for a long time).So yes, some things we avoid applying our real knowledge because we choose to join a shared conception of sacredness; and some things we avoid applying our real opinions to because we choose to join an institution of convenience.
Why can't I tell the true shape of Lushan? Because I myself am in the mountain.
Does this difficulty in knowing what we want have any influence on the development of strategies for changing what we want?
I want to want to eat healthy food I want to want to exerciseI want to want to quit bad habits
Etc
It seems like there are many cases where actions are more desirable in the abstract than up close.