Goalodicy

The Goalodicy The goalodicy is the obsession in pursuing a goal, a compulsion such that the individual often ignores its own context. The term, coined by D. Christopher Kayes of the University of Washington, is a merge of the English words goal and theodicy, which etymology suggests a similarity to “divine justice” in Greek. Another common term for goalodicy is goal-blindness. The Everest Disaster In May 1996, 34 climbers departed to the conquest of Mount Everest, the planet’s highest summit. The team was preparing at field IV, 7900 meters of altitude, the last checkpoint before the final goal at 8848 meters. ...