Stephanie and I saw Limitless the other night. If you haven't seen it, what follows is all SPOILERS.

Some reflections:

Among educated, middle or upper middle or upper class people, it's an old and cherished fantasy to use ALL of our brains, ALL of our potential, ALL of our talent. We're all bedeviled to varying degrees by our limitations. The many weaknesses in my character…the lack of discipline…whatever…get in the way of us being all that we could be.

This awareness is both painful and humbling on one hand, and tantalizing on the other. If.... If we could somehow crack the code and figure it out, we would be limit-less.

This is part of the Western "story" of progress, of human potential, of achievement. Again, it's an old fantasy.

It's an old story in Scripture, too. Eve, then Adam, heard a story of potential that was just outside their grasp. All they needed was to disbelieve the Story and reach out for the fruit.Read more