“You’re only as strong as your weakest link” (Granovetter).
I’m actually spending time reading back on essays and study’s I wrote during the SOU years and the few short years I was in grad school.
One of the most interesting propositions we discussed in a sociology studies course was the proposition suggested by Sociologist Mark Granovetter who wondered about the strong and weak links he saw in social settings.
Mark Granovetter suggested that the health of any society can be measured in terms of how well a society took care of all its members. Granovetter once said that a society was only as strong as its weakest link.
Which… makes me appreciate the rationale offered by Ram Dass “We’re just walking each other home.
Developing compassion and empathy for others is something we all benefit from. I sure wish we saw this set of choices and behaviors throughout social settings.
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“The way someone treats you is not a reflection of your worth: It’s a reflection of their emotional capacity,”
— Jillian Turecki.
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