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The Opposite of Autonomy Is Control
Stephanie Coontz: We are on this planet for a vanishingly small amount of time. If you're not using that time wisely, and at a certain point in your life, you're going to say, "Oh my god, i totally messed up one of the tings" The opposite of autonomy is control; human beings have only two reactions to control,. They comply or they defy. That's it. But if you're building an organization, do you want people who are compliant? You don't want peopleWho are 100 % compliant all the time. No, you want peoplewho are engaged. And the way that human being s engage is through self direction.