Pi:d/flying
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See: flying (Pilingual Primer)
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[edit] Interpretation #2
Making an effort to stay away from a potential well and (fly) up a potential hill. This would be a metaphor for resisting a force or system inherent attraction that deteriorates ethics or draws society away from something perceived as a higher standard or ethically higher ground. This is a broader interpretation than number #1 but leaves away any attempt to specify a global maximum or minimum as heaven and hell and without restricting the metaphor of flying to a single area (e.g. ethics or environmentalism).
[edit] Interpretation #3
Making an effort to stay (flying) in between extreme positions or attractors, like maintaining Social market economy as a choosen position between Capitalism and Communism, if that's your choice. This is a broader interpretation than #2 in that it doesn't reduce the metaphor of flying to a one dimensional problem of going up or down.
Possible observable effects could be:
- Not doing anything to extremes.
- Not taking extreme positions where there is no justification for an extreme position.
- Not following trends without a logical analysis of the motivation and the consequences.
- Maintaining a rational and well-considered position when the position is challenged.
[edit] References
Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high, because the heat of the sun would melt the wax, nor too low because the sea foam would make the wings wet and they would no longer fly.
