We are trapped
Our ways of thinking can grow out of our surroundings—the hopping of the robin, the squirrel stopping, jerking, darting, the building sitting a lump in our way. Or our ways of working can come from our thinking in metaphors from our sciences, like networks from computers, mutual causation from quantum theory, 19th century ideas floating in the ether, and a clockwork universe of even earlier times. Think about it—this is not so remarkable: we think in terms of what we see, and we see in terms of what we already think. We make mental models from our bodies and contexts, and then everything seems to look like a dog or a planetary system. We are trapped. We cannot think new thoughts until we find a new metaphor.
:- Doug.
