In the history of ideas, strong images like clocks or markets have helped, and hindered, thinking.

We all have myths through which we explain the world. The very word "myth", however, is a little awkward, because it is sometimes used simply to mean "false", but its other meaning can be very useful. I also talk about dreams and dramas and visions and so forth. Whichever way one talks about it, it's about an imaginative background, a way of seeing a problem in the world which determines what questions you ask and how you select your questions.

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