Holotopia: Convenience paradox

H O L O T O P I A: F I V E I N S I G H T S

The Renaissance liberated our ancestors from preoccupation with the afterlife, and empowered them to seek happiness here and now. The lifestyle changed, and the culture blossomed. What will the next "great cultural revival" be like?

From scraps of 19th century science, our ancestors concocted a narrow frame—a "narrow and rigid" way to look at the world, which damaged culture. Convenience—which identifies "happiness" with acquiring and experiencing what feels attractive—is a case in point.

When we look at the world through convenience, the order of things we are living in easily appears as the best possible world. When, however, we embrace wholeness to be our goal, and broaden our way of looking so that we may pursue wholeness—an entirely different picture emerges.

We here illustrate that by some examples.