On Fear
June 25, 2026When FDR said that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself, he hit on a truly fundamental issue: it is fear which gums up the works on any project, sets the stage for misunderstanding, and encourages us to pre-judge a problem or even a person, and thereby start us off from the wrong perspective.
While fear may be normal and natural, in all of us, it is one of those natural tendencies we must guard against, and seek to control with knowledge.