Brain layers

To direct and to be directed are two central brain functions. One decides and the other obeys. Confusion between the two functions cause many problems. In a computer one stream of input is processed in a way decided by another stream of information. The deciding stream is called program. The brain works in a similar way. The stream of new information is related to the stream of old information. Old information is the program that decides how new information shall be treated and evaluated. The brain works with many layers, and one layer can be sometimes directing and sometimes directed. It depends on circumstances. In life and thus in brain we have different central goals. Popular goals are wellbeing, rational use of resources, ideology and social order. In nations like Egypt and Syria we can see the practical effects of the direct/directed mechanism. In Syria the idea of power over territory is directing, and the effect is that wellbeing for the population is directed. In practice it means war against the population and almost no wellbeing. In Egypt the situation is not so simple. The power over territory is important, but the wellbeing of the population is also somewhat respected. There is no war, but the economy suffers because of political uncertainty and traditional neglect. No layer in the brain is absolute. Every layer is the relative effect of other layers. This means that those in Syria who take their directing layer so seriously that they sacrifice the wellbeing of the population are operating on lose ground. When the present conflicts in Syria started to surface say five years ago, the organizations which are active in the conflict assessed the situation. They decided to start the civil war. Now when the conflict has gone on for a long time, it is appropriate to make a new evaluation, based on the experiences won during the war. Which are the prospects of the available alternatives? If we know that the layers in the brain are relative, it is natural to make new evaluations. If we believe that the evaluations once made are absolute we stick to them even when we see that the effects are noting but disastrous.