We are all conditioned

- Our environments shape our perceptions and responses, creating patterns of adaptation.
- Society influences both able-bodied and disabled individuals, often imposing responses that become ingrained.
- Different environments foster distinct human responses, such as soldiers' conditioning or artists' sensitivity.
- Infants are conditioned from birth to blend innate potential with cultural expectations.
- Humanity's adaptive mechanisms are both strengths and limitations, risking reduction to circumstances.
- Raising children involves a choice: conform or cultivate individuality.
- Developing healthy stubbornness in children fosters agency and resistance to conditioning.
- The journey to identity can be hindered by harsh experiences, leading to permanent reactive patterns.
- True education promotes independent thinking and cultural engagement without loss of self.
- Conditioning influences perceptions of disability, beauty, success, and potential.
- Breaking these cycles requires conscious effort and questioning accepted norms.