THE STRATEGIC LEARNER

“Love your Neighbour; yet don’t pull down your Hedge.”

Benjamin Franklin  As quoted in Early American proverbs and proverbial phrases, (1977) pg. 309

Much paraphrased and reworded in modern terminology … which indicates that Franklin really had something here.  The question is “What?”

Is this about paranoia?

Are we so fearful of those around us that we need walls to protect ourselves? I grew up in a rural area where we lived out the idea that people are generally friendly and good, until we were given good reason not to consider an individual as having those qualities.   In the urban areas I call home, we tend to start with the assumption that people are not trustworthy and make them earn our trust.

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