The Little Prince With this short essay, I am considering for the first time to write about a topic regularly suggested by the WordPress writing site; it will be an experimental endeavor, equivalent to the speed of thought, as it is a kind of first and only one-session structured text for me. Therefore, this essay can be seen as a simple "discussion note" or a kind of "exercise in thinking by writing". The Act of Writing: A Path to Understanding For most people, writing is considered to be a behaviour that is not felt to be lacking, moreover, it is considered to be a behaviour that is not resorted to "unless it is forced". So much so that we may have known people who have never gone beyond writing short notes and scribbles throughout our lives. Such people do not write a single line except for the assignments "imposed" on them during their school years, and when they are "forced" to do so, they get downright bored, as if they were burd...