Continuing with vomitouts.

We’re at the last of the 7 antinomies, probably my favorite: What We Believe vs. What Is.

It doesn’t get much starker than this. But slaves to the Pleasure Principle (see “Pleasure vs. Duty”) don’t need to fret: the deck is not utterly stacked in favor of “What Is.”

Wanton regard for “What Is” is just as bad as wanton disregard: paying no attention to “What Is” may make you a fool, but paying no attention to “What We Believe” makes you something just as bad: a Nego, a concept I want to explore in this section.

Briefly, Negos are people without a vision, cynics, pessimists, “glass is not just half-empty, it’s broken” kinds of people. We need vision to supplement respect for reality. You need both.