The bad news is, as William James put it, “All our life … is but a mass of habits.” It is also the good news. Of course, our habits can dig a rut from which we might never emerge, but they can also construct a lookout from which we can discover ourselves and our world.Humans are habit-making creatures - thank God. What a mess life would be if we weren’t. If humans did not form habits, every time we walked into a dark room, we would have to think about what to do [...]
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