A Thought: Sustainable World-Views vs. Unsustainable World-Views

Some people get their bread from a single ancient source, while others get their bread from a constantly changing class of characters with legitimized “expert” opinions, whose opinions are also constantly in flux.

But only one of these is ultimately sustainable.

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