So you feel you've been shouting into a void for years about the problems in the world?
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So you feel you've been shouting into a void for years about the problems in the world?
A wild thing about being living creatures is that we change & we reproduce. We start out knowing nothing, & then we learn.
You may feel like your words are never heard, but different people may be hearing them now than before. Or the same people may be hearing them, but they are *different* than they were. Don't assume that the way things *were* will always be the way things *are*.
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So you feel you've been shouting into a void for years about the problems in the world?
A wild thing about being living creatures is that we change & we reproduce. We start out knowing nothing, & then we learn.
You may feel like your words are never heard, but different people may be hearing them now than before. Or the same people may be hearing them, but they are *different* than they were. Don't assume that the way things *were* will always be the way things *are*.
@artemis indeed! My husband used to listen to this atheist radio show from Austin Tx, and many people over the years moved from their original position but slowly. Words infiltrate and influence and maybe not all at once
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So you feel you've been shouting into a void for years about the problems in the world?
A wild thing about being living creatures is that we change & we reproduce. We start out knowing nothing, & then we learn.
You may feel like your words are never heard, but different people may be hearing them now than before. Or the same people may be hearing them, but they are *different* than they were. Don't assume that the way things *were* will always be the way things *are*.
@artemis thank you, I needed to hear this today 🩷
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So you feel you've been shouting into a void for years about the problems in the world?
A wild thing about being living creatures is that we change & we reproduce. We start out knowing nothing, & then we learn.
You may feel like your words are never heard, but different people may be hearing them now than before. Or the same people may be hearing them, but they are *different* than they were. Don't assume that the way things *were* will always be the way things *are*.
I've been finding that I still hang on to some pretty fundamentally conservative ideas about how people behave.
The belief that "people never change" is incompatible with planning for better futures. So we should be asking ourselves about how people change & why.
How do we create & shape change?
I'm not an expert on it, but I do think I have hit a point in my own life where I am beginning to see the bigger picture of how I have changed over time & how those around me have changed.
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I've been finding that I still hang on to some pretty fundamentally conservative ideas about how people behave.
The belief that "people never change" is incompatible with planning for better futures. So we should be asking ourselves about how people change & why.
How do we create & shape change?
I'm not an expert on it, but I do think I have hit a point in my own life where I am beginning to see the bigger picture of how I have changed over time & how those around me have changed.
@artemis ima say, education
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I've been finding that I still hang on to some pretty fundamentally conservative ideas about how people behave.
The belief that "people never change" is incompatible with planning for better futures. So we should be asking ourselves about how people change & why.
How do we create & shape change?
I'm not an expert on it, but I do think I have hit a point in my own life where I am beginning to see the bigger picture of how I have changed over time & how those around me have changed.
@artemis So, I see some nuance here.
People don't change, *unless they decide to.*
What can you change? Extrinsic things, like ideas, ways of thinking, even core beliefs.
What can't you change? Intrinsic things, like sexuality, gender, genetics.
This dichotomy between intrinsic and extrinsic is where I mostly see the lines for protections. All intrinsic things should be protected from discrimination. I also see use cases for some extrinsic things, like religion (or lack thereof).
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@artemis So, I see some nuance here.
People don't change, *unless they decide to.*
What can you change? Extrinsic things, like ideas, ways of thinking, even core beliefs.
What can't you change? Intrinsic things, like sexuality, gender, genetics.
This dichotomy between intrinsic and extrinsic is where I mostly see the lines for protections. All intrinsic things should be protected from discrimination. I also see use cases for some extrinsic things, like religion (or lack thereof).
@DejahEntendu
Yeah, change itself is neither good nor bad. It's all about what is changing & how.
