We don't want things to go wrong or break. That is sensible- when things go wrong it makes life worse. But our desire to stop bad things happening can lead to us unintentionally making the situation worse. So take the toddler, who is always falling off things, running into things, getting bruised. The parent worries … Continue reading Antifragility
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Healthy agency
God has made human beings to have agency. We were made for agency, to make choices, then act, in ways that make a difference in the world. We can see this from the first chapter of the Bible. 26 Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may … Continue reading Healthy agency
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