Industry of Identity Deficit and Cannibalization of Time Matrices

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Rather than advocating a singular belief in any one system, a study and understanding of no less than three are encouraged by the age of 18 or 21 as a rite of passage to majority status (page 237). This approach will increase the probability of a formation, development and maintenance of mindfulness, the sine qua non or absolute prerequisite, to sound choice-making at all times, in all places. Polymathical educational philosopgy tends to encourage exploration beyond the three standard deviations into the realm of the infinite along both wings or asymtopes of the bell-curve.

As Prof. Isaiah Berlin wrote, "the only freedom to which knowledge contributes is freedom from illusion (page 218). It seems that only our firmly clenched and gripped attachment to illusions exceeds our grasping material possessiveness. This uniquely human trait and tendency for self-inflicted wounds should be necessary and sufficient cause for teaching and cultivating self-knowledge or mindfulness throughout life leading to serenity based upon confidence in and integrity of self-identity coupled with a sense of belonging.

About the Author

Betsy U. Chang was born in Seoul, Korea in 1954. In 1964, her family moved to Hong Kong where she attended King George V School until 1972. She holds a B.Sc. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1975) and an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1976). She began her career as a financial analyst with Xerox in 1976. She has subsequently worked for Wang Labs, Warner Communications, Digital Equipment, and First Pacific Telecom, in various corporate positions including long-range planning, operations auditing, management information systems, corporate and product marketing, and head of communications for Hutchison Telecom. These positions took her to diverse locations in North America and Europe as well as many Asian countries, including China, Taiwan and India. As the author of this work, she has waived all royalties in favour of a reduction in book price to the reader.