We Are Sculptors Finding Ourselves

We Do The Same Thing In Our Own Lives, Embracing Information That Supports What We Already Prefer Or Vindicates Choices We Previously Made.after All, It Feels Better To Justify Our Opinions Rather Than Challenge Them, To Contemplate Only The Pros And Relegate The Cons To The Back Of Our Minds. However, If We Want To Make The Most Of Choice, We Have To Be Willing To Make Ourselves Uncomfortable. The Question Is, If We Are Willing, How Exactly Do We Go About Fortifying Ourselves Against These Biases?

I Do Think That There Are Cultural Differences In The Extent To Which We Value Having More And More Choice.

I Don't Know If I Approach Choice Any Differently Than The Sighted People Do, But What I Am Very Cognizant Of Is That Choice Does Have Limits And Because Of That I Really Try To Take Advantage Of The Domains In Which I Do Have Choice.

Being A Sikh Meant Having To Do What Mom And Dad Said, And Going To Temple, And Mom And Dad Choosing Who I Would Marry. But Going To An American School Taught Me That I Was The One Who's Supposed To Make Those Choices.

What We Share With Animals Is A Desire For Choice. It's A Desire To Have Control Over Our Life And A Desire To Live And Use Choice As A Way In Which We Can Facilitate Our Ability To Live And That Is Something We Really Were Born With.