Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Kefitzat He-Derekh

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Assuming that both are true, then by logic both should be destroyed. There is no possible resolution. However, this is improbable considering that, scientifically speaking, no force is truly unstoppable, and no object is completely immovable. It merely takes a sufficiently large force or massive object to shatter the assumptions of either.

Every system has a weakness, and all security has loopholes. The trick will therefore to be to identify those loopholes and thus derive the ideal solution. By finding the golden solution, one will have found the kefitzat he-derekh. The solution may not be perfect in that one side is satisfied and the other is dissatisfied, as that assumes a zero sum game, which is inherently flawed. There is always a loser.

By finding the kefitzat he-derekh, a compromise is reached by which all are satisfied to the sufficient extent that none are truly dissatisfied with their lot. Sometimes, the seeking of such a path will involve a leap of faith. Sifting through all possibilities and paths is impossible even for a prescient mortal, and finding the golden path can be done at times by taking a dive into the unknown, because the future is unknowable.

Girding the nature of the future will call for preparation of the Way, such that the golden path becomes a possibility. The weaknesses of the immovable rock can be exploited, the unstoppable force can be weakened, or either can be deflected such that they do not collide. The question, therefore, would be how this may be achieved...

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