Now that we have a theoretical framework, how do we demonstrate it? We connect it with everyday life.

Everyday life reflects the nature of reality. The world in which we commonly live, the world of work, of family, of stress, of commuting, of media, of technology, and of the rat race, is in no way a lesser form of evidence, subordinate to test tubes and arcane theorems, but an active demonstration of the way things are, of forces much larger than ourselves, directly experienced. Any theory of human society must not only explain this daily reality, but should rightly arise from it. It is the primary form of evidence, revealing truths that apply everywhere, even the physical universe. The "material world" of society is so-called because it shares a set of characteristics with the material world of nature.

As participants in the real world, each of us experiences this body of evidence all the time, and has something relevant to say about it. Our understanding of reality should therefore never be exclusively controlled by narrow specialists, but rather, should arise from those with broad experience in the world, and the insight to understand what drives it. We all have some of that.

 

This ends our journey through the Ideas section of this site, which forms a cohesive philosophy, what I call market philosophy. To understand where this philosophy came from, and how I have expressed it in writing, please browse through the other links.