![]() Like gravity and acceleration, these are two forces that appear to be different but are in fact one. I would define power as the ability to make other people do what you want freedom is the ability to do what you want. However: Doing what I want, and not being made to do things I don’t want to do, has been one of my main priorities in adulthood, the principle around which I’ve structured my life. ![]() ![]() I don’t even like being waited on by people I’d rather have a beer with I’m uncomfortable holding the meager (and mostly illusory) power of grades over my students. Why would I want to boss other people around? What would I make them do? My taxes, maybe? It just sounds awkward, and like a huge hassle. Even sexual fantasies based on power dynamics don’t particularly appeal to me. The wish to have power over others is altogether alien to me I just don’t get it, any more than I get why anyone wants to have kids or play Settlers of Catan.
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