Tag: Contest

• June 15, 2015

  The Limits of ‘Creating Safe Spaces’: Contests of Toughness for Our Time

  The Limits of ‘Creating Safe Spaces’ There is a great deal of talk going around about ‘creating safe spaces’ to ‘foster communication,’ ‘open dialogue,’ and ‘facilitate exchanges.’ Discomfort is to be removed, managed, or adjusted. Being uncomfortable is ruled out or encouraged it means being ‘at the edge of one’s comfort zone.’ Ground rules are set, based…
• June 11, 2015

  Contests, Modes of Toughness, and the Spirit of Our Times

  Not everything in life is a contest but surely some things are. In a contest, I struggle, I risk something, I stake myself. I can avoid contests but only at the cost of avoiding becoming a more excellent human being. I doubt whether we can continue to avoid the contests we face in the coming years. Some…