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One of my favorite reads is almost anything by G.K. Chesterton. He was a brilliant thinker, journalist, editor, and prolific author of more than 5,000 articles and books.

G.K. was once approached by a newspaper to write an article on the subject, “What is wrong with the world”. That was back in the 1800’s. Obviously, such an observation on the world and the search for explanation is not new. In fact, even the ancient Greek philosophers put in their two drachmas on the problem.

Chesterton duly submitted his article. It contained one of the most profound answers to the question that has ever been put forth by human ponderers. It is also likely the shortest. I’ll quote his article here in its entirety.

“I am.”