There are a lot of really important concepts that aren't easy to talk about, because we don't have standard words for them.<\/p>\n
Like, there needs to be a word designating the skill or quality of possessing independent<\/a> judgement<\/a>\u2014the ability to make decisions without getting distracted worrying about how to explain yourself to people who won't understand. Part of me wants to just call it sociopathy<\/em>, but that's clearly not the right word.<\/p>\n The problem is endemic. Friend of the blog Mike Blume<\/a> once lamented that we don't have a gender-neutral equivalent of gentlemanly<\/em>. And we don't have an atheist equivalent of doing God's work<\/em>, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are a lot of really important concepts that aren't easy to talk about, because we don't have standard words for them. Like, there needs to be a word designating the skill or quality of possessing independent judgement\u2014the ability to … Continue reading