But you final Pirsig quote is a killer. To embrace doubt is also to embrace creativity IMO. It's about going to the edge, rather than congregating toward the center. It's about making mistakes as a learning experience. About accepting fallibility. I'm as proud of the times I fucked up as the times I have succeeded, because I have always learned from the fuck ups. Even here ;-) You can't be me, I'm taken
Hence Pirsig's illustration of sitting on a hot stove when the Subject (stove sitter) comes into contact with the Object (stove) in a bad "Quality event". "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
