We might try to explain these fixations in terms…

We might try to explain these fixations in terms of worldviews, past experiences, imprints, schemas, scripts, patterns, trauma, or ideals. This may all be true, but at the same time these self-images can only exist because they stand before us as concrete micronarratives with the potential for action.

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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