James GleickEverything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.
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It is said that everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace. If you think about it, this idea is complicated. On one hand, our lives are filled with patterns. Our days follow a predictable rhythm from day to day.
If we take a look at the weather, we can see that it also follows a specific pattern over time. On the other hand, our lives have a way of being random. When we go out to eat, we do not know what we will get.
When we go shopping, we do not know what we will find in a given store or at a given store's location. And when we drive down the road, our day can change in an instant. This interplay of patterns and randomness makes our world fascinating.
Because each of us has both personality and personality traits, there is no one thing that makes up who we are or what is important to us.
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