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Very reminiscent of Alan Watts' "The Wisdom of Insecurity." And also something Terence McKenna said: "My technique is don't believe anything. If you believe in

• epaga 12y ago
  That quote is self-contradictory since it itself is a belief that "believing as little as possible is better than believing something". It itself automatically precludes anyone who holds to it from believing many things. We can't escape belief. There will always be things in our lives that we will accept based on trust of some kind. But (to get back to the post), as the author said, it can still be absolutely fine to not necessarily have an answer all the time. To realize this can be very freeing.
  • thirdtruck 12y ago
    It's a technique to be employed as far as is practical, not a unit test that must pass or fail. :) That said, I've thought a lot about applying TDD/BDD methodologies to life. My nightly before-bed checklist is basically a suite of unit tests, for that matter.
• lux 12y ago
  Haven't read Alan Watts yet, but from googling it that looks like a great read. Added to my wish list, thanks!