Dane DeValcourt

Ok so if you read this and you don’t know me personally (actually I suspect even those that do know me) may not know that I am fascinated with understanding what makes us who we are.

I think this is just another aspect of a very core component of me and who I am, which is my unquenchable thirst for knowledge.  Not just knowledge for the sake of knowledge and trying to appear smarter than I really am.  My desire is to understand things.  I love to understand everything I can about something.  It makes no difference what it is, I will want to know everything I can about it.

So why do I say all of this?  It’s not about technology this time.  Nope its about us, the human.

I am not as fascinated with the physical side of what makes us who we are as humans.  My fascination is with the behavioural side of what makes us tick.

When I was younger (teenage years and early twenties) I hated psychology.  Pretty vague statement huh? 

Let me elaborate a bit.  In high school I took a psychology class and well I hated it.  Thought it was stupid.  How could anyone believe the crap they were teaching?  How could anyone think they know what makes us tick and make the decisions we make?  And even worst than that was how could anyone tell me that I am not really my own person, that nearly every decision I make was influenced by someone or something?

Thats not exactly what they were saying in those textbooks, but its how I interpreted it.   It really upset me to hear things that implied that a lot of who I am and who I will be is very closely tied to my parents.

I mean come on, I am a teenager.  I don’t want to be associated with my parents.  I want to be independent, I want to think I am my own person.  I make the decisions that make me who I am.

Boy was I wrong!

To be continued….