We Americans are a curious people.
As such, we demand, we need, we hunger and thirst for, we live and die by Answers. And not Questions.
We depend ~ for our livelihood and wellbeing, for our sanity and security, for our sense of our Self and the Real ~ we depend on the expert, the anchorman, the spokesperson, talk show host, reliable source, and, ultimately, The Leader [or Hero, Savior, or Guru] who provides us with All the Answers.
That way, we can make an immediate determination as to whether or not his or her Answers agree with ours. And, if they don’t, then, without having to bother with the process of thinking, we can dismiss her or his Answers out of hand and continue our search for The Answers that agree with Ours.
A curious people indeed….
A gnome, a pitiable creature of sorts, stopped looking for the right Answers to The Terror Event of September 11 when he realized exactly how ready and able the government and its media were to provide exactly those Answers.
So instead, he chose to focus on finding the right Questions. That happened on the morning of September 12. And that happened again with Saddam’s WMDs in 2003, the 2008 financial “¢risi$,” The COVID Event, January 6, Ukraine, and most recently, Gaza.
Because, he reasoned, if You can ask the right Questions, you will ultimately get to The Truth. Because out of the right Questions The Truth must inevitably emerge.
If, on the other hand, Your focus is on finding the right Answers, all you can get are the Answers You were looking for in the first place.
And what You will get are the Answers that the AnswerMan on the White Horse intends for You to embrace.