The world around me is constructed in a manner that makes simple tasks seem near impossible, particularly when these tasks involve communication with others. It seems to me because of the dominance of bureaucracies, which stand as towering monuments of frustration and inaccessibility. Firstly, they're constructed of many separate entities. The more parts to the mechanism, the greater the likelihood of one going awry. The less the probability of the parts being connected. To make matters worse, technology is used to separate us from these organizations, which it's supposed to aid communication with. You can't get ahold of the person with the information you want. Even their identity eludes you. What I find is that nothing can be assumed to be intuitive. I need to suppose that I am dealing with a computer program, so as to make certain I micromanage. The structures I'm dealing with cannot be expected to be composed of constituents that transmit data effciently, so I need to control all aspects individually, if in any way possible. All my efforts are tied up in minutiae, lest everything go to pot. This is business, education, government. None can be engaged. Ultimately, we feel frustrated and alienated. Over time, being subjected to these conditions changes us. We lose creativity in becoming mired in a landslide of details and fragments.
Eventually, I realized that to get a degree, I would need to take a year of a foreign language. Knowing only english and a touch of Italian, I didn't bother. Now, I work with my father and others.
