“A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.”
– Seneca
So, when the NRA uses their version of this little ditty, people get all up in arms (pun intended), but when a Roman philosopher uses it, it sounds poetic…?
It’s true, though, and it applies to our world, too.
Look at the long list of “tools” available to us today. Technology, solutions, products, devices… What if we don’t use them correctly? What if we don’t use them at the right time? What if we try to force them into Maslow’s “to a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail” context?
If we don’t know what we’re trying to accomplish, all the tools in the world won’t get the job done. Only when we know what we’re building will the tools become, well, tools.
Our hands will dictate what we accomplish. Our minds will guide our hands. By combining the best of thinking and doing, we’ll make a difference.
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