Ahh. Didn't know you're a philosophy man. I likewise have perused various literature. It's good to a point.
I do feel like the word sanity is really more about people conforming mostly. I think the prospect really inhibits people from finding viewpoints that truly are them. And as I'm sure as a lot you are aware, if it hasn't been said (which given BL I expect it has!), that oftentimes really powerful ideas start out as insane by societal standards, then over time can become remarkably popular. It's good for people to agree on things to an extent. I think that real change is an uphill battle, whether trying to better oneself or multiple people.
@ Jerry Atrick I'm sure you know that so many philosophers, the most preceptive ones usually, were cast out in their time, then became super influential in later eras. I guess it's kind of a shame that these people didn't get the acclaim that they deserved while they were on this plane of existence. Their contributions to humanity quite high.
I guess it's finding that middle way, yeah? Like what Siddhartha Gautama Shakya advocated for, among others. It's hard to know just how far to take the opinions of others on one's own opinions. I guess it's largely a guessing game. I think that whatever rings true to a person down to their identity, so long as they aren't hurting anyone, is valid enough.
This world is changing to rapidly. I mean look at all of the developments (was going to say progress, but that may not be true) in the last few hundred years. It is, in a sense insane how much we've changed as a society, even from just a few decades ago. We really have only existed for about 300,000 years, a drop in the bucket of evolution. And more so, became sedentary recently, and yet more recently things are in constant flux. Just a few decades ago things were remarkably different. I suppose it's difficult to keep up with change, given this.