Driving a car is terrifying if you allow yourself to be aware of all the things that can go wrong. I just made a simple right turn — one which seemed quite safe — and it was only afterward that I realized I had not had the right of way and that an oncoming car almost hit me. I was completely at fault. If there had been an accident, I would definitely have been the one to blame. No matter how careful you attempt to be, you’re going to make such mistakes. And you have even less control over the mistakes which others make. I suspect the only way we all allow ourselves to keep doing this dangerous thing is by choosing to remain in denial about our own very human fallibility. Driving is the most dangerous thing we do every day, even though we rarely allow ourselves to realize how much danger we’re in.
Briefly: Technology has created modern obsession with politics
Briefly: Lack of ability to use language rationally threatens your future
Briefly: The cats are slowly getting back to normal; thanks for your concern
If we’re seduced by our desires, we often follow devil in disguise
When life becomes too passive, we stop earning our self-respect
‘Resisting arrest’? When police have wrongly invaded your home?
Why do we stay in prison when there’s no lock holding us there?
Midlife becomes big crisis when our self-deception stops working
What if emotional baggage we carry isn’t really our core issue?