Maybe breakdowns are opportunities to sharpen the only tools we have, that is, ourselves, and calibrate our behaviors with our best intentions so what we achieve is what we believe in those moments of astonishment. By definition, surprises are unpredictable, even if they seem somehow connected to our deepest beliefs. Maybe beliefs and breakdowns alike can take the shape of portals through which we pass on the way to discovering new ways of being ourselves. Listening to the sweet-talk of that spring breeze. Islands in the Clickstream is an intermittent column written by Richard Thieme exploring social and cultural dimensions of computer technology and the ultimate concerns of our lives.
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