Silo or kaleidoscope?

Do we consign our knowledge, understanding and experience into separate silos?  Are there ring fenced divides between your personal and public persona, your political, theological, scientific, economic and social ideas, or do you interrelate them?  More importantly does one idea dominate?  Do theological ideas determine your political ideas?  Does your family background or life events dominate your thinking, deliberately or subconsciously?

In a United Kingdom context I subscribe to the political philosophy of democratic socialism. To what extent is this a consequence of my upbringing and life experience and my theological ideas?   What I do say is that my political and theological stances are a result of interaction of a number of factors and that change in attitude in respect of one factor effects change in others.  

So, I suggest we move away from a silo mentality attempting to consign ideas into silos.  Instead see our ideas as an ever-changing kaleidoscope affecting our thoughts across the gamut of disciplines.