On putting one's beliefs to the test.

I have read about half way through CriticalPath and the number of challenges I have been faced with has grown in direct proportion to the number of new ways of thinking Buckminster Fuller has presented to me.

One of the greatest realisations has been in relation to the habitual nature of up to this moment human history. The notion that history repeats itself is oft quoted, by me, but I now realise that the repetition is due to our animalistic tendency to follow the well trodden paths of our ancestors. This strategy has, of course, many benefits. One of which is that we assume the course to be safe, by virtue of its' long use and the fact that our ancestors survived long enough through its' use to produce us.

What Fuller has allowed me to understand is the repetition of history, both humanity's and my own, occurs because we fail to modify the path in response to our current situation. That the path served our ancestors well is not to be accepted at face value. Who can say what personal and species wide insights and achievements have been bypassed through walking the safe route?

So the question is asked : Which is the best path for me to serve humanity and thus myself?