The Library bears out that it is a time-honoured tradition to expound a complex argument, or even a novel and, certainly many children's books, in the form of a journey. The form has the advantage of ensuring that everything doesn't happen at once - even when what is under consideration is doing just that; it ensures also that as it requires setting out from one place and arriving in another, the traveller knows that the starting point is not the goal - useful when considering what is to be done now because, by definition, it is accepted that where we are now is not the best that can be done.
The best-equipped travelling companion has declared: ' old, tired, have given', but may be enticed into the journey by puzzles and adventures along the way; others may set off at the start with contributions, or join in if the journey passes through somewhere they know, or have techniques to overcome obstacles to the goal. Marathon running experience could be particularly helpful.
The start is to give an account of where we are now. Where we are physically; and what do we think is good and bad about it; a technical task and a moral task. I am taking who and when we are as given.
2 comments:
Lenna points out that P actually said " Hard, Tired, Have given". P is, of course, younger than Springtime and is, more importantly, thinking over early difficulties on deciding what is to be done now.
The Library has received two books as contributions to the journey.
The Librarian is setting out without reading them (otherwise will never get started) but they look useful from the outside. It is worrying that the dictionary of communism covers A to L; what about M to the withering away of the state?
As they say, if I wanted to get there I would not start from here.
In your Dictionary, clearly M is important for Markets, Marx, Matrioshka, Migrations, Mitrokhin, Monopoly, etcetera.
But the withering away of the state should be covered by Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov alias Lenin under L.
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