Small everyday decisions can reshape institutions through accumulated practice

Evidence

We fail to see how a seemingly insignificant decision we make today could dramatically alter the future. What if we began to live our lives believing that even small actions we consistently take now—a practice of faithful resistance—can reverberate through our communities, congregations, denominations, nation, and world? — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 119

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Winning the culture for Christ is not in the gospel’s mandate — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 109; Audit targets reshape institutional activity toward whatever is measured — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 93; Small daily improvements can lead to significant life changes. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 355 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Small daily improvements can lead to significant life changes. #exemplifies (0.85) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 355
• Public institutional routines change incrementally rather than through wholesale overhauls #corroborates (0.82) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 424
• The past informs the individual but can be re-captured through successive choices. #expands (0.80)
• Every decision permanently shapes the context of later decisions #expands (0.78) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 567
• Judges’ personal attributes and even trivial bodily states can shape decisions #exemplifies (0.75)
• Audit targets reshape institutional activity toward whatever is measured #expands (0.72) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 93
• Economies of action get institutionalized into automated algorithms that modify behavior #qualifies (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 939