Concept Creep
Concepts change their meaning over time, both vertically and horizontally. A vertical expansion extends the term’s definitional understanding: trauma used to refer to a physical …
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Enemies become cheerleaders
All you have to do is hang on. We all change, and familiarity may breed contempt, but it can also motivate grace. One day, to …
The dangers of the path more traveled
We can turn on auto-pilot when walking familiar terrain, but when even one condition changes, the common becomes doubly treacherous due to assumed familiarity. Upon …
Change as Cruelty
For children change and play are simply life. As we age we become fixed and brittle, and change begins to appear as cruelty.
No Virtue in Consistency
Self Creation: the path of fixation leads to death, the path of fluidity leads to life. There is no virtue in consistency if it prevents …
The fundamental contradiction
We want people to change so the world will be better and easier. Yet we seldom follow the adage: “In order to change the world, …
Know the world before you try to change it
If you don’t know what reality is, how can you fix the world? Gandhi says "Change yourself before changing the world," but you can change …