About the Author
My name is Elizaveta Friesem. I am an independent scholar and non-fiction writer. My passion is exploring philosophical questions related to human nature and the mysterious workings of society. My goal is to promote social change based on self-awareness and empathy, rather than blame. I strive to make scholarly ideas accessible to a broad audience and applicable to everyday life. You can read more about me here.
The project you will find on this website grew out of my belief that understanding power is essential for helping us all live in a better world. It also reflects my concern with blame-based calls for social change. Many discussions about social problems tend to revolve around questions like “Whose fault is it?” and “Who should we force to change in order to fix this?” Blame often takes center stage, even though alternative approaches exist--
in the work of scholars who seek more nuanced understandings of human behavior,
in traditions like Buddhism, and in practices like Nonviolent Communication.
This project is not about reinventing the wheel. The ideas I want to highlight have already been explored in many disciplines. My contribution lies in connecting these existing dots in new ways. I chose the hypertext format in order to explore such connections with as few constraints as possible. The tradeoff is that the project remains open-ended: browsing this website means looking at a work in progress.
If you find this project intriguing and would like to talk with me about it, please use the contact page on my official website. Or simply follow the project by receiving updates through my newsletter. To sign up, click here and scroll down. I appreciate your interest and support!
Finally, a note about images: the fractal featured on each page of this website is by Frank Cone. Other images are either credited to their authors or are photographs I took myself.
The project you will find on this website grew out of my belief that understanding power is essential for helping us all live in a better world. It also reflects my concern with blame-based calls for social change. Many discussions about social problems tend to revolve around questions like “Whose fault is it?” and “Who should we force to change in order to fix this?” Blame often takes center stage, even though alternative approaches exist--
in the work of scholars who seek more nuanced understandings of human behavior,
in traditions like Buddhism, and in practices like Nonviolent Communication.
This project is not about reinventing the wheel. The ideas I want to highlight have already been explored in many disciplines. My contribution lies in connecting these existing dots in new ways. I chose the hypertext format in order to explore such connections with as few constraints as possible. The tradeoff is that the project remains open-ended: browsing this website means looking at a work in progress.
If you find this project intriguing and would like to talk with me about it, please use the contact page on my official website. Or simply follow the project by receiving updates through my newsletter. To sign up, click here and scroll down. I appreciate your interest and support!
Finally, a note about images: the fractal featured on each page of this website is by Frank Cone. Other images are either credited to their authors or are photographs I took myself.