On Safe Rebellion

Thinking Out Loud About Why We Need Structure, Even As We Chafe Against It

Every human being, far as I can tell, has a drive to individuate. We all want to be our own person, a person that has their own agency and qualities, and to do that we feel this need to establish ourselves as different from others. Whether we’re different from our parents, different from our community, or society as a whole, a big part of our lives, esp…