The Essential Freedom Of Aloneness

There’s an essential freedom in being alone with one’s thoughts, oblivious to and unpolluted by anyone else’s.  Diminish that aloneness and we start to doubt our own perspective.  …Sure, it’s entirely possible to arrive at one’s own opinion amidst a cacophony of others.  But it’s also possible to bend, unknowingly and imperceptibly, toward a position not naturally our own.
––    Chris Colin
From the article:  “Rate This Article: What’s Wrong with the Culture of Critique”
Appearing in:  Wired Magazine;  dtd:  August 2011
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