Chapter 2.2: Get off the Roller Coaster of Relative Worth and the Corkscrew of Constant Comparisons
What is and what isn’t produce each other, difficulty and ease are formed in light of each other, long and short are judged against each other, highs and lows are measured against each other, noise and sound harmonize with each other, and first and last succeed one another – these are universal constants in society. The interpretation of our human experience is relative and relational. The spectrum of what is present and missing, our understandings of difficulty and ease, highs and lows, and even our measurements: long and short, big and small are all relative to each other. Our preferences for what is pleasing sound and music instead of just noise are also (dis)harmonized in relation to each other; the sequence of our lives – past, present, and future – and when things "should" happen is informed and interpreted by cultural constructs and social schedules that assign significance to what has already happened as well our expectations,...