Jim, thanks very much for setting aside some time to read through this piece and to leave me a genuine reply. I appreciate your thoughts on this matter, and I’m glad to hear that you found the post inspirational regarding your own work!

“Every single one of us is a combination of both of the above worldviews. IMO, we each shift between them situationally (sometimes dozens of times a day) and quite often apply one to ourselves while applying the other to the world around us.”

Each of these points seems correct to me. I especially like that you pointed out our tendency to embrace one perspective whilst at the same time applying the other framework to those around us. Indeed, this sort of cognitive dissonance operates in many different aspects of life, including debates on structure versus agency.

Cheers :)