If we really want to grow, we need to step outside the emotion, even the fear, to understand the dynamics at work. Otherwise we just spiral down slightly different rabbit holes and follow opposing demagogues.
Our minds sort signals from the noise and in our modern, civilized world, the assumption is those we select are the most rational and reasonable, but the reality, from the most primal to the most civilized, is it is those which synchronize with our own views, beliefs and models, so they both support our understanding and we validate them. Then we bond with those on similar wavelengths, furthering the feedback.
It is the basis of culture and community, even the languages. Yet the fact is there are multitudes of communities around the world and when we start judging them as not up to our standards, as opposed to trying to see the context in which they and we exist, it might make us feel better about ourselves, but we don't learn to grow, we simply enforce our own ego and sense of superiority.
Personally I grew up around more horses and cattle, than people, so I do have some sense for actual animals and animals don't construct elaborate categories and expect virtually everyone else to fit the boxes they are assigned.
While the essence of the node is synchronization, the essence of the network is harmonization, because as these nodes spiral ever further into those black holes in the center, they radiate out all the energy of the excluded noise. Eventually to the point they break down completely and all energy is radiated back out. Waves across infinity.
As this sentient interface our bodies have with their situation, we fluctuate somewhere between those centripetal and centrifugal forces. Life is most vital in the middle of the range, not running off for the edges, even the peaks and crests.
Good and bad are not some cosmic conflict, between the forces of righteousness and evil, but the basic biological binary of beneficial and detrimental, the 1/0 of sentience. What is good for the fox, is bad for the chicken. So while cultures are like stories we tell children, to get them to behave, nature is some giant computer, that keeps coming up with answers we don't expect, or want to hear.
