Part of the urgent practical value in spreading stories and facts that provoke fear or grief is that they acclimate large swathes of the population to a range of emotions and circumstances they’ve largely been shielded from as a result of fortune and privilege.
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Replying to @v17us
I wonder if the fear and grief are necessary though. It seems like much of the work of progressive educators is aimed at installing this broader sense of empathy in children slowly, non-traumatically
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Replying to @levity
Totally not necessary. Those kids and many others will breeze right past this step and carry on with their work/play. Many people do need to immerse in the fire if it wasn’t in their lesson plan already; this messaging is a form of testing
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Interesting open question in my mind how much deep learning and growth can be achieved without some experience of trauma (i.e. rights of passage etc). Welcome thoughts/ref’s if you got ‘em!
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*rites...but also rights ;)
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Replying to @v17us
I would say that deep shifts require impactful experiences. But growth, learning, productivity in general need the opposite of trauma: psychological safety. See e.g. Google's Project Aristotle
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Replying to @levity
Yeah, if this were still the latter half of 20th century I’d be fine with that. But looking ahead now it’s clear to me that emotional competency in handling personal and collective trauma is a crucial life skill that is not being taught or modeled well at all.
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On the bright side, your recognition is an increasingly common one, which signals a growing awareness in our culture. And it’s no surprise to me it’s not well taught, since it’s basically the hardest thing possible.
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