What is "Life"? Answering this question implies that there are several answers, depending on the point of view we take, whether from Science, Philosophy or Art. In "Art", I find three powerful metaphors that we live by: "Life is a game"; "Life is a theatre"; "Life is a journey". These metaphors are intermingled, and sometimes, we use the frames they create. If it is a game, there are usually rules and norms. We learn those rules and apply them. The opposite is also possible - we learn them, challenge them and change them. If it is a theatre, we are usually actors playing a role. We learn that role, but we also challenge it with improvisation and change the script. Finally, if life is a journey, I find three major intermingled displacements, spatial, temporal and energetic: the physical displacements between the cradle and the grave, the temporal passing of those years, and the different "energetic forces" we employ depending on the space and time we are living in. What unites these three metaphors is change. If we reflect and go back to our birth, we will see how the rules, the scripts and the paths are changing. If we choose as a powerful metaphor, "Life is a journey", three questions come to mind: Can anyone guide us? Is there a map? Do we have a compass to find direction? The search for answers to these three questions defines me as an "Explorer" within three great journeys that accompany us on our personal journey: "The journey of Life", "The journey of the species", and "The journey of the group". To answer these three questions, I have developed an explorer's hat, a map to explore and a compass to explore with. These are the 10 "concepts" that I consider most important in this journey of life and that I continue to explore through Science, Philosophy and Art: *(EXPLORER) (HEAD) (Critical Thinking, Systems Thinking, Paradoxical Thinking). *(COMPASS) (HEART) (Path-dependency, Context-sensitive, Values-driven) *(MAP) (HANDS) (The Vital Hand, The Solidarity Hand, The Responsible Hand, The Conscious Hand)
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I never lost the habit of saving documents, and I have been accumulating them in folders on my computer over the years. Just as I aim to save the best documents I have encountered, I now want to start curating the best documents I have come across each year. Here is a list of documents I came across during the year 2024.