The wisest thing a man can realize is the fact that no matter what you do or don’t, human experience will take its course. Patterns that prove to be efficient in a particular context will perpetuate, and patterns that don’t usually disappear in one form until they emerge again in a newer form. In other words, the same patterns interplay with each other; only the context makes it appear as if they’re a novelty. Humans will do what humans do, and greater forces will do what greater forces do. A...

The wisest thing a man can realize is the fact that no matter what you do or don’t, human experience will take its course. Patterns that prove to be efficient in a particular context will perpetuate, and patterns that don’t usually disappear in one form until they emerge again in a newer form. In other words, the same patterns interplay with each other; only the context makes it appear as if they’re a novelty. Humans will do what humans do, and greater forces will do what greater forces do. A...