Carving Our Names into the Village Tree

Abstract

The human condition requires us to take part in Brownian like motions of human interactions in order for us to maintain a relatively healthy outlook on life. Being essentially a social animals, we learn about ourselves and others through communication and interaction in groups. Gunnar senior’s task as an individual with a thirst to carve his name into the village tree was quite different from the task of his namesake Gunnar junior.