The Meaning of Life is Not 42

It’s 4.7

When our vision was blurred, we believed in easy numbers to ease our collective angst. Then we adjusted our ability to sense, for more profound, life-giving possibilities to emerge.

Modern humans: literate on stuff, semi-literate on life

Back when we modern humans* were cosmically young and immature, toddling into the early stages of perceiving a world beyond industrial captivity, we mostly thought in integers. Whole, simple, easy-to-remember numbers gained ground as attractive “answers”.