The Objective History of The Navigators - Chapter 2

We humans are learning machines. The Navigator's basic profile is that of someone who champions learning and study throughout life, out of love for knowledge and even more from burning curiosity -- in short, from love of life. The caveat concerning learning and the Navigator, though, is she or he is not a pedant, nor a knowledge miser -- the point is to serve a community conscientiously by presenting reliable perspectives on the affairs of the day that the community can use for navigating the present to arrive again and again at an ever-improving future.

The Navigator is not an oracle, and eschews elevated status, especially sycophancy. Dynasty has no place in the Navigators' fellowship - it's not about wielding power. Don't ask the Navigator, "What should we (or the Community) do?" The pilot will be inclined to answer with a query about what appeals most to the asker, along with some apt suggestions about how to deliberate on the question. But better to answer a question with another question, which a pilot will pose humbly and respectfully, than to make up a glib solution based on a past experience that may not closely match the current one, and skip the always-useful reflective process. Always better to make a little progress in deliberation each time we face a new experience.  (C) 2.3.08 Alan B. Frey