Leaning into the opportunity of silence
The world has faced times of crisis before, and throughout those periods of history great works of art, science, and life came to fruition. During the Bubonic Plague that swept Europe in 1665, one of our most revered thinkers took the opportunity of silence to expand his mind. Isaac Newton had to leave Cambridge University because of the black plague and it was amid that crisis he discovered the fundamentals of color, gravity, and calculus. This is not the season to hunker down, but the season to explore. Boyd Matheson,Opinion Editor at Deseret News, takes you inside the latest political news and current events, providing higher ground for today's discussions. Listen weekdays 11 am to noon at 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, online at KSLNewsradio.com, or on the app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.