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For years, I have been in many different environments and places. And every time, no matter how much I became a part of the environment I was in, I also remained somewhat of an outsider to it. I think this allowed me to observe the people around me very closely. Based on these observations, I came up with a small idea—a kind of reasoning with no real foundation behind it, which I have been calling a theory, although I am not sure whether it can actually be called one. I will begin by giving an example to explain what I mean.

Let us reduce human personalities to different categories. For example, let us say there is an irritable and impatient personality, an egotistical and cunning personality, or a leading and courageous personality. And let us assume that there are twenty such categories in total. You have probably noticed, even to some extent, that all of these personalities exist within every person, whether they are dominant or not. What I am actually focusing on here is dominance.

For example, imagine that you are talking to someone about something you have done, and your purpose is to ask for advice. As you continue talking, you realize that no matter what you say, the other person keeps imposing their own opinion on you. Rather than seeming as though they are giving you advice, they seem to be ordering you around. Naturally, their behavior suggests that they possess a “leading and courageous” personality. (These labels are merely names I have given to certain traits. I use “leading” here because the person is trying to establish authority over you; someone with this personality does not necessarily have to be a good leader or a genuinely courageous person.)

Now, let us put that situation aside and imagine that you are having a conversation with a young child. You are playing a game together, and you have to make a decision, so you give the child priority. Yet you notice that exactly the same thing happens as with the person from the previous example. The child also tries to establish authority over you and speaks to you in a commanding manner.

After these experiences, you tell both of them off. Then someone else tells them off, and someone else does the same. Two years later, you encounter the same people again and notice that one of them has developed a timid and submissive personality, while the other has become ambitious and determined.

What I want you to take from this is the following: perhaps we are all born with the same twenty different personality traits within us. In other words, perhaps we are all born more or less the same. However, as we grow, the society we live in causes these traits within us to become dominant to different degrees. The reactions we receive in response to these dominant traits then alter their relative strength within us, resulting in a different configuration of traits.

So, ultimately, the things that exist within all of us are common and essentially the same. We all go through the same process, but in different sequences and to different degrees, which creates the appearance that we are fundamentally different people. Yet our essence is the same.

Society is also the greatest factor in changing the balance of these traits within us. And this leads to something else: a single essence continuously changing and transforming itself from within.

Wouldn’t this, in itself, be one of the greatest indications that humanity is constantly in motion and undergoing change?

If you have read this far, thank you.

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For years, I have been in many different environments and places. And every time, no matter how much I became a part of the environment I was in, I also remained somewhat of an outsider to it. I think this allowed me to observe the people around me very closely. Based on these observations, I came up with a small idea—a kind of reasoning with no real foundation behind it, which I have been calling a theory, although I am not sure whether it can actually be called one. I will begin by giving an example to explain what I mean.

Let us reduce human personalities to different categories. For example, let us say there is an irritable and impatient personality, an egotistical and cunning personality, or a leading and courageous personality. And let us assume that there are twenty such categories in total. You have probably noticed, even to some extent, that all of these personalities exist within every person, whether they are dominant or not. What I am actually focusing on here is dominance.

For example, imagine that you are talking to someone about something you have done, and your purpose is to ask for advice. As you continue talking, you realize that no matter what you say, the other person keeps imposing their own opinion on you. Rather than seeming as though they are giving you advice, they seem to be ordering you around. Naturally, their behavior suggests that they possess a “leading and courageous” personality. (These labels are merely names I have given to certain traits. I use “leading” here because the person is trying to establish authority over you; someone with this personality does not necessarily have to be a good leader or a genuinely courageous person.)

Now, let us put that situation aside and imagine that you are having a conversation with a young child. You are playing a game together, and you have to make a decision, so you give the child priority. Yet you notice that exactly the same thing happens as with the person from the previous example. The child also tries to establish authority over you and speaks to you in a commanding manner.

After these experiences, you tell both of them off. Then someone else tells them off, and someone else does the same. Two years later, you encounter the same people again and notice that one of them has developed a timid and submissive personality, while the other has become ambitious and determined.

What I want you to take from this is the following: perhaps we are all born with the same twenty different personality traits within us. In other words, perhaps we are all born more or less the same. However, as we grow, the society we live in causes these traits within us to become dominant to different degrees. The reactions we receive in response to these dominant traits then alter their relative strength within us, resulting in a different configuration of traits.

So, ultimately, the things that exist within all of us are common and essentially the same. We all go through the same process, but in different sequences and to different degrees, which creates the appearance that we are fundamentally different people. Yet our essence is the same.

Society is also the greatest factor in changing the balance of these traits within us. And this leads to something else: a single essence continuously changing and transforming itself from within.

Wouldn’t this, in itself, be one of the greatest indications that humanity is constantly in motion and undergoing change?

If you have read this far, thank you.