Personal Responsibility

The Laboratory of the Self

November 21, 2022

Having an ‘inner-voice’ gives an illusion we know more about ourselves and our motives than we do, and control more of our thoughts and action than we actually do. Personally, the illusion fades when inspecting thoughts and impulses when they arise (and fade away). From my perspective, at best, I have conscious control of the […]

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Re-Thinking ‘Personal Responsibility’

November 18, 2022

“…the issue of ‘responsibility’ is now a matter of time-scale. In the immediate-term, I may not have any meaningful influence, but if I take a 10-year time-scale, I do. The problem — being in the wrong arena playing the wrong game — can be broken down to a small-enough degree that I can take 1 step toward a better game.”

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