Dialectic Two-Step – What’s The One Book?

Dialectic Two-Step  is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio Paz  

If we could get everyone in the world to read one book to make the world a better place what would it be?

Of course, the responses to your question will not make the world a better place. Reading about good is a fairly impotent path to realizing good. Reading one book even more fruitless.

Doing good is the path to a better world. Time spent listening to our mothers on how to behave and be considerate is evolution’s answer to your question.

Sure reading spiritual books can offer a touch point for grasping goodness, but this is very superficial. Make the world a better place by making the world a better place. Keep trying until you get it right.

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