Every Thing is really (at least) Two Things: the Thing, and the opposite reaction to The Thing.

This is a) economic thinking b) Newton’s Law.

Moreover we’re fascinated by opposites, polar extremes, paradoxes.

The mirror wears two faces,

and we are merely playing.

Political Diptychs

Liberal values vs. Authoritarian worldview

DIPTYCH: Equality vs. Supremacy

The Artist vs. The Fundamentalist

https://doctorparadox.net/essays/the-artist-vs-the-fundamentalist/

Goldilocks Zone vs. Unbounded Growth

https://doctorparadox.net/essays/goldilocks-zone-vs-unbounded-growth/

Surviving vs. Flourishing