Any question?

A friend of mine said that it is time for us to start asking questions; why, what, how, …

I said, OK, good for him. I’ve been in his position before. Once the intention to ask questions is there, the next step would be to learn how to formulate a question. A good one, that is. As absurd questions will only lead to absurd answers. Ridiculous output only comes from ridiculous input. “What is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?” “42″. If you know this quote, you certainly know what I mean.

There’s one problem. In a multicultural, multiple background environment, where exact same words may have different meanings to different people, it is not always easy to find the “right” question. I’m still struggling in this aspect, and I have fear to the risk that this struggle may be an endless one.