Dave Rahardja on Nostr: Everyone needs a safe space. Conservatives have turned the phrase into a derogatory ...
Everyone needs a safe space. Conservatives have turned the phrase into a derogatory term (as they tend to do with all manner of empathy-based language), but I think a safe space is a requirement for human growth.
Learning, self-expression, research, and study can only happen when there is sufficient safe space for someone to drop their guard and focus their intellect on a problem. Flow state cannot occur when you’re constantly looking over your shoulder, watching your language, or censoring your output.
I found that my pace of learning new skills has slowed in the past decade. I’m sure some of it is due to age, but I bet a lot of it is due to the erosion of psychological safety at large, and a (well-founded) suspicion that some portion of those I meet are actually OK if I or my loved ones were to suffer, and they are ever more bold about it.
Without a safe space, there is no trust, no play, no creativity, no growth. It’s imperative that we curate and defend our safe spaces.
Learning, self-expression, research, and study can only happen when there is sufficient safe space for someone to drop their guard and focus their intellect on a problem. Flow state cannot occur when you’re constantly looking over your shoulder, watching your language, or censoring your output.
I found that my pace of learning new skills has slowed in the past decade. I’m sure some of it is due to age, but I bet a lot of it is due to the erosion of psychological safety at large, and a (well-founded) suspicion that some portion of those I meet are actually OK if I or my loved ones were to suffer, and they are ever more bold about it.
Without a safe space, there is no trust, no play, no creativity, no growth. It’s imperative that we curate and defend our safe spaces.