Capstone to the Seat series — a worked example of why the seat matters. The payoff of refusing the view from nowhere is not that it dissolves other people's confidence. It is the discipline that tells a staked position from one built so the world can't touch it. A disagreement gets answered, and the answer … Continue reading The Cost of Seating: Rationality as Test Case
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The Stream Beneath the Seat
There is a question that hides inside every careful one: from where am I looking? Ask it once and you get the standpoint — the angle, the interest, the position you happen to occupy. The honest response, on most accounts, is to name that position rather than pretend you have none. But naming it treats … Continue reading The Stream Beneath the Seat
