Developmental stages, those nested identities that emerge fractal-like as we grow, create that kind of field, letting us ground ourselves in the void. Today that Self is still vague and inchoate, a mist on the mirror. But one day that spirit will quicken and become flesh. Courage is the willingness to look into that mirror and not to forget what we see, then say what we see, thus defining new possibilities for Humankind. 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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