Tag: Responsibility

  • Tools of Personal Agency: Seatbelts, Condoms, and Masks as Signs of Maturity

    Tools of Personal Agency: Seatbelts, Condoms, and Masks as Signs of Maturity

    Introduction We live in a world where risk is often invisible — embedded in the air we breathe, the roads we travel, and the intimacy we share. Viruses, accidents, and infections do not announce themselves; they arrive uninvited, sometimes with lasting consequences. Yet we are not powerless. Tools like seatbelts, condoms, and masks offer more […]

  • A conversation with AI about free will

    A conversation with AI about free will

    First, a few thoughts… When I first created this site, it was going to be an outlet, a place where I wanted to put my writings and other ideas. It is true, unless there is some high-level, meticulous planning, a site can easily take any form. It may not have a theme, so to say. […]

  • When attention is sustained, a small change can hold the potential for a major shift

    When attention is sustained, a small change can hold the potential for a major shift

    Could it rightly be said that small things can hold the potential for a major shift?  It is possible that you already understand the possibilities.  It is possible, you have seen by way of observation, or experienced in your life when such a thing happens.  A very simple, innocuous-seeming conversation, reading a passage in a […]

  • Why is it that so much conversation fails to produce change in society?

    Why is it that so much conversation fails to produce change in society?

    Conversation is so uniquely human.  Even in the stories we write, one of the fascinating capabilities a writer can give to his imagined beast is to talk like humans.  A bird, a dragon, a serpent, or some other ferocious beast takes on a new life as soon as it talks like humans do.  From there, […]

  • Keeping the thrill of technology in proper perspective to regain control in communication

    Keeping the thrill of technology in proper perspective to regain control in communication

    People seek thrill.  To fulfill that pursuit they look for adventure.  We all happen to be in a world right now where the next adventure is as close as our mobile phone.  When connected to the Internet, the whole world is open before us.  There are the possibility and prospect of visiting any place, reading […]