Pseudo-empowerment: look for shortcuts

Empower is a buzzword. It’s an easy word for politicians to toss around. Has a good sound. Hearing it makes me want to be in control of something. But most of us struggle just to manage our own ordinary lives. Right? What’s left is to at least feel empowered. Thankfully, there are shortcuts to getting the feeling. Or, if you prefer, you can work out, build muscles and flex them. That’s work,…