Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of July 31, 2022
Letting your feelings guide you is a wonderful way to parent and a terrible way to influence other adults.
The Fallacy of Relying Upon Lived Experience When Dealing with Societal Issues
Common sense would tell you that anecdotal evidence or lived experience is by far the most accurate form of information. These people lived it so how could it not be on point? Common sense would be, as it often is, dead wrong.
The stomach tightens and sinks.
The heart and lungs follow.
It’s a confounding reaction to a receipt of affection.
It’s familiar, and, therefore, oddly comforting.
But familiarity can be a curse.
A cursed reminder of what once went wrong when you were just trying to do things right this time.
This time it’ll be different, you say.
Why? You’re different, but what are you doing differently?