reality

"The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you. They are unique manifestations of the human spirit."
- Wade Davis

I StumbleUpon'd this quote tonight and it reminded me of a conversation I had about reality a while ago. The result of that conversation was that reality is indisputable, therefore, reality is uninteresting. What is interesting are stories about reality, and that is what we as people like to talk about.

Consider for a moment what the reality is of any situation. The reality is what cannot be debated. The only thing that can be discussed then is the interpretation, or the story of any reality. "The car is red" is a statement of reality, that isn't open for debate. "The car is cool" or "the car is ugly" is a whole other matter, that is not based in reality but is definitely open for debate and is infinitely more interesting than reality.

The moral of the post is: reality is boring, so we make the rest up.

Start looking for reality everywhere, and the stories we tell ourselves will become ubiquitous.