Because words matter.
“Climate change could devastate the global economy…if left unchecked. Unless we act now … these consequences, disastrous as they are, will be irreversible.” And so the frame is established: Climate change is a phenomenon that is happening to humans and that needs to be fixed or stopped. We are passive victims in […]
It’s amazing to me to see the number of things that Come Under Fire these days. Policies, remarks, institutions, countries, people and so on. When someone or something is coming under fire and we read about it in the headlines, it’s strange that in many cases, the “target” is portrayed as having done […]
The actions and decisions of living creatures, generally humans, make up what we tend to call history. Therefore, history does not repeat itself - people repeat history. If there is some cosmic imperative to recreate patterns from the past, it comes from within, and we are responsible for it.
I’ve been thinking more about the previous item. I find value in its closing hint that it might be helpful to treat people like people rather than labels.
Unfortunately I don’t know many people who use the word “coddling” to mean “cooking”. I suspect it may be difficult to coax people to think of coddling […]
