In a nutshell, (which as a side note is such a strange idiom), Metatopia is the idea that everything can be explained by everything else.
What?
Exactly.
If you think about this process really hard, it all does start to make some sense. Let's start first with the concept of a Metaphor.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a direct comparison between two separate things.
For example, you can call someone a Wolf and everyone will understand what you mean. You mean they are strong, independent, a go-getter, a shark. Uh oh! We just dropped another metaphor to explain a metaphor. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
So, a person can be an animal. Cool, but what does this have to do with Metatopia and explaining everything?
Here's where it gets interesting.
Let's start using metaphors to explain things you don't understand too well. You are in a mathematics class and don't understand a new concept. You will continue to struggle if you keep thinking of it in mathematical terms.
It's time to use the idea of Metatopia. Change this new concept into a field that you understand. Instead of looking at that difficult math problem, think of it as a complex football play, or as an animal, or as a weather process, or as a color or as a piece of music, or whatever you want!
Your brain will naturally find the similarities between what you are struggling with and what you understand.
Try it. Think about it. Process it.
What cool new understandings can you come up with using the power of metaphors?
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