Tag: control

  • dissolving control

    Your desire for freedom, to be unconstrained, becomes a rebellion against the softest controls: the informal control of a society…

  • withholding is controlling

    You don’t withhold your feelings for the other person out of kindness or care. You do it for yourself: to…

  • Control and Responsibility

    This chained pair is inseparable. If we avoid responsibility, situations devolve into chaos, and if we claim control but do…

  • auto is not

    The root meaning of “auto” is self or spontaneous. Yet the automobile is not self-moving, autonomy is not self-will (since…

  • Anxiety as Control

    Sharing your anxiousness has a goal: forcing others to take note and show their caring. The loss of control that…

  • size matters: don’t sweat the small stuff

    The small stuff may be insignificant, but how do we know which daily actions impact our character, and which to…

  • Control Controls You

    Control sounds appealing until it has you: you earned it, now you must submit to the drudgery of maintaining control.…

  • Panic is a form of hubris

    Panic (fear and irrationality) stems from a loss of control: the world does not operate as we anticipated. Yuval Noah…

  • Designed Nudges

    Decisions are made for you through design. We tend to be unaware (or unreactive), and so we are pliable to…