Awareness

By Tim

Let’s talk a bit about the topic of awareness.

It is often cited in discussions of self defense, but the citation is usually as deep as the discussion goes. “Be situationally aware!” It’s not bad advice, but I find that people don’t really know what they’re supposed to be aware of in the first place.

Generally paying attention to your surroundings and environment is good and necessary advice, especially since the smart phone has begun to swallow much of human existence. The other day I saw a group of college students riding down the sidewalk on “hoverboards” with headphones in their ears, looking down at their phones the entire time…oblivious to the world around them. Oblivious to what they were telling the rest of the world about them.

You were likely taught at some point in your life that you should never judge a book by its cover. It’s a pleasant sounding platitude that’s going to trigger almost pavlovian assent from most, but when misapplied (as it often is) that pleasant platitude is dangerous and stupid. I recall once hearing someone ask a group of people I was in what you could tell about someone who has facial tattoos. The “acceptable” …Read the Rest

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