Frames exert power without permission.
Frames exert power without permission. They prop platforms of all sorts—platforms that may or may not know the nature of the structures that hold them up. A platform may take on many forms, but it will always default to the dimensions of the frame at its core. The very moment we allow ourselves to be influenced by a platform, we automatically take on the character of its underlying frame. This is also very similar to that bit of dough at the center of a mold. It may think it is free-standing, or is just affected by other pieces of dough around it. Alas, how much space it occupies and what shape it emerges as, have been determined by something it has never seen and may never feel—the walls of the mold that are far removed from it. This is also the character of opinions and ideologies. A lot of people engage in public discourse (life even) with perspectives hanging on to frames that are infinitely far off from them in space and time. They essentially drink from rivers whose source they do not know.
Enters education; the mechanism that bridges the distance between perspectives and their true origin. Education facilitates the grounding, not mere parroting of thoughts. It brings us close to the pillars of ancient and modern predispositions—close enough to run our hands through them to feel, question, and perhaps test what they are made of. In the long run, if we are diligent enough, we could become the pillars and walls that affect others far off.
Moreover, education should give us a true sense of scale. A warped sense of scale is the bedrock of false confidence, bad decisions, and burgeoning dysfunction. Unfortunately, dysfunction scales catastrophically. But with education, we are equipped with the tools to put things in their proper place, and we can really tell how they are affected by frames.
In not so many words, education sponsors awareness—an awakened consciousness.