22 October

I’m struck every day at the near-panic people feel about our world being a divided place. But to divide is to share, breaking bread is a famous example. I look at the world and see the arguments as just the social process of breaking bread - dividing up society’s spoils. You have to break to divide, it needs strong force or argument. I think we’ve mixed up sharing, and agreement. Society is always about division - sharing. Not about agreement.