An unquestioning mind may have little defense against the data smog so typical of life in this Information Age. An unquestioning mind is like a sloop without a rudder. In a democratic society, questions empower citizens to challenge and steer authority to do the most good for the most people. In a fascist society, questions and questioning are viewed with suspicion. Questions enable us to make changes in life, to invent new and better ways of doing things.
Life is such a puzzle . . .
Each day we return to the table. We struggle to move the pieces around until some picture emerges, until we discover a pattern or a trend, until we can make sense of nonsense. We wrestle with the information flow and flux. We sift and sort. We reach into our questioning toolkit and find the right net or lasso or scalpel to bring us closer to some Truth that may serve us well.