3/So as we are dealing with our current battles, it is important to recognize just how provisional and tentative they really are: they are frameworks that are totally accidental and of our moment.
We reify them in our minds until they take on the strength of steel beams. But they are nothing more than gossamer threads that stitch reality together in a framework we can relate to. They are a set of stories we can reference together, and within them battle for advantage.