ne te quaesiveris extra is the heraldic chevron on our (old as hell) family coats. As a child, I learned it meant, “Don’t think outside yourself.” I was ten. My Great Uncle Forrest explained that listening to the noise of the world – which he claims has limited value(s) – and just makes it nearly impossible to be decerning and discriminate between the questions of value and usefulness. His example, over some brioche, was that money has no value, only usefulness. It does not increase the chance of a right (most useful) decision to think beyond what your know to be true. After that, I had a million questions, but he was asleep.