Does irrationality fuel innovation?
One of the reasons radicals have amassed so much power in the middle east is because they were the only ones willing to stand up to the west as the more reasonable people realized they couldn&#x27;t do anything.<p>A bit of craziness can create very unexpected results, with a destabalization wave having many orders of effects. The strong become weak, the weak strong, the poor rich, the stupid &quot;smart&quot;.<p>So much of the status quo relies on people willing to play games. The stability of a game is its degree of belief. That is, it is sustained by cooperative delusion.<p>Another example is that salaries are maintained by collective willing agreement on what is fair. A union, if it amasses enough believers can disrupt this game.<p>Every game you tear down brings you closer to reality and raw possibility. Often it is necessary because of the limited attention for games. Of course, touching reality for the self is insanely hard, nevermind established institutions. Single individuals however can amass a following, seedingargwr waves of energy tha re-evaluate the status quo, swapping what is profane and sacred.<p>This wave of energy is what gives us temporary clarity on reality. Like earthquakes destroying a city, reminding us that the universe doesn&#x27;t particularly care about our games.<p>One of the biggest games that is currently unravelling is the West as a beacon of innovation and morality. The response to 9&#x2F;11 was exactly what terrorists wanted. And things like brexit and trump don&#x27;t particularly help.  From a GDP perspectice, each citizen in the US is worth many times a citizen from China or India, but this is only the result of a long historical game that impoverished these former world powers.<p>The natural order of things is that each human provides the same value, the reason this doesnt happen is due to resource flown restriction along lines of military strength.