Optimist, pessimist or possibilist

An approach to our desire to learn from a crisis

Abstract

Again and again we feel driven to want to improve ourselves, our lives, the lives of others and the life itself. This includes mastering crises and preventing them. As we continue to improve, the problems, crises and conflicts do not seem to be abating. Quite the opposite. So it makes sense to re­ examine the conditions for our reflections, rather than to proceed with ever more decisiveness. First and foremost, the understanding of our basic assumptions is at the touch of the test. This includes the self­understanding and the resulting follow­up steps.