We start, as babies, with a chaos of perceptions, needs, and emotions, like building blocks strewn around a room. From these basic building blocks, we create order. As children, we adopt and discard beliefs on an ongoing basis, pretty easily. Over time and with a lot of experimentation, we create elaborate structures of meaning, beautiful cities of the mind. We create elegant structures of belief, that frame and explain our surroundings, help us make sense of the world, and guide our actions. As these belief structures evolve, and as we act on them, we become more invested in them and more
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