> If we want to identify 'incipient moments' as points of 'opportunity,'
> that's on us. It's a bit of Orientalism to identify that perspective as
> part
> of wisdom of the ancients, as displayed in their hieroglyphics. I doubt
> that
> was Michael's intent, but he is repeating a incorrect Western
> misconception,
> rooted in part, in a misunderstanding of how the Chinese written language
> works.
>
I'm with you there, the roots of "crisis" I was pointed towards were Greek. -A