Everyone wields all tools through the thinking that shapes what they desire

Evidence

But there is one vocation—philosophy—which knows that all men, by what they think about and wish for, in effect wield all tools. It knows that men thus determine, by their manner of thinking and wishing, whether it is worth while to wield any. — Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 244

Categorization

• XREF: Segmented labor as a way to dodge responsibility echoes the civics/legal threads — divided jurisdictions diffusing accountability for shared harms. — connects to: Every people’s thinking and acting rests on an underlying philosophy; Tools encode the structures of thought of their makers — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 397; Everyday Being is practical engagement with tools, not detached contemplation — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 213
• APHORISMS: A life-advice reading: we stay morally responsible for tools we never personally hold, because our wishes govern their use.

Broader Connections

• Tools encode the structures of thought of their makers #expands (0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 397
• Every people’s thinking and acting rests on an underlying philosophy #corroborates (0.75)
• Everyday Being is practical engagement with tools, not detached contemplation #expands (0.72) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 213