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That of a mask

We can use a mirror to see ourselves. The same is true for things in general. When things reveal things themselves, things need a mirror. The shadows reflected in the mirror are things that are seen as opposite or what is considered the opposite. That's it. But as long as decisions are made on the basis of things, the opposite can only be found within the comprehension of things. In other words, if you decide that something is your opponent, you can not verify that it really is. So, even if we think that it is the opposite of us, there are times when it is similar to us objectively. Isn't it common? Conversely, those who were considered to be friends are objectively enemies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       I do not...

The Third Chair

She carried with her the knowledge that the smallest unit of conflict is two parties — but the smallest unit of durable peace is an honest, well-timed third chair at the table.… When the argument began in the governor’s office it was small — two men on opposite sides of a wall of glass, each certain the other would blink first. In the months that followed, it grew teeth: a blockade of goods, a night raid that the newspapers called a “miscalculation,” and then the slow unravel of neighbors’ trust. Everyone who watched said the same thing in different ways: it was just two parties, and two parties were enough to make a war out of a disagreement. Mina watched from the edge of the city. She had spent twenty years as a mediator for a regional NGO, then another decade advising diplomats on what did and didn’t work when an outsider tried to lean into a fight. She knew the mechanical rules: a conflict begins with two parties; a third party can s...