Logic. We've always been raised and nurtured to follow logic. To logically construe knowledge from the world we live in, to logically interpret social interactions and to logically arrive at outcomes. And then to logically calibrate our decisions and actions which more often than not, abide by social exchange theories, cost-benefit analysis and the careful consideration of opportunity cost and sunk cost. Through logic we have shaped an environment that is more certain, stable, predictable, safe, balanced and so much more palatable for us to operate in. Which in a similar vein also explains why the most dangerous people to go up against are those with nothing left to lose. Their moves become illogical and unpredictable. Dangerous.

Consequently, logic makes us guarded, less trusting. Sometimes our exceptional ability to logically reason gives rise to hubris and an inflated ego that clouds our better inner judgment. Intuition or conscience as some might call it. In stressing the need for logic, we sometimes sideline and suppress intuition and conscience, which is really what makes us human if you think about it. Sometimes I wonder, in our bid to make robots more human and humans more robot, what will the eventual outcome be? A middle-ground of ruthlessly logical and efficient but cold and unmoving cyborgs perhaps.

I think in my constant attempts at achieving a state of supposed balance and certainty in life, I often end up going off-tangent and miss out on what life really has to offer, simply by applying too much logic into everything. Perhaps to travel further in life, we should all travel a little lighter and unpack some of that weighty logic.

So when I say one of my new year's resolution is to be less logical, it's really not that illogical.

Now to appreciate the irony of employing a logical deduction on why it isn't illogical to be less logical.