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The Invisible Environment

Mole

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Marshall McLuhan has taught us that all environments are invisible click on Environments are invisible and elude easy perception — The Medium is the Massage

I discovered this myself as I played Rugby Union football, for some players would fight during game, this always surprised me until I realised they had forgotten it was a game and were taking it seriously.

The environment of football is that of a game, but to take conscious part in the game we have to forget it is a game and take it seriously as long as the game lasts. This is called the suspension of disbelief. And interestingly the suspension of disbelief applies to so many other activities such as religious worship, the movies, sport, books, manuscripts, the radio, the telephone, the internet, our family, and our country. In short, the suspension of disbelief applies to any environment, and so any environment is invisible as we focus entirely on the content of the environment.

This also applies to mbti where we focus on the content and seek our advantage while the environment of mbti remains necessarily invisible.

When the environment starts to become visible we become disorientated, we start to feel lost, the world seems to be shifting under our feet, it feels like a psychological earthquake. We experience cognitive dissonance, which is emotionally painful, we become disorientated, which is a sign learning is taking place.

So most of us defend ourselves by retreating to our ego, so that the environment will remain invisible and we will be safe to seek our advantage.
 
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