Curating Content To Support Learning About Humanity's Transition

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Another shortie but goodie: Most of us like boundaries but don’t like …

Another shortie but goodie:

Most of us like boundaries but don’t like hierarchies. Same for me. But the uncomfortable truth is that boundaries and hierarchies presuppose one another. If you want boundaries, this implies hierarchies. If you challenge hierarchies, this loosens up boundaries.

In the end then, this means that neither can boundaries be absolute, nor can hierarchies be abolished in all cases. The two are two sides that must perpetually be balanced against one another.

The question, of course, is whether boundaries set are just, and thus whether the hierarchies they imply or negotiate are defensible.

If I set the boundary that “I won’t accept neighbors who don’t lend me their vehicles”, this puts me on the wrong side of justice and makes my boundary part of an oppressive hierarchy if I would successfully enforce it.


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