3 Tropes and reading Robert Lax

The old trope: man's inhumanity to man.

The new trope: no matter how well you think know someone you don't really know them.

The future trope: you can't really know yourself.

 After reading Robert Lax a reader sees it's possible to drill into one word and by drilling to find new meanings. And yet whenever one is at a loss for words it's probably a good thing.