<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Authority produces different reactions in... > Authority produces different reactions in different nervous systems. Some attack it, some appease it, and some study its actual competence; awareness creates enough pause to choose a response based on evidence rather than an inherited posture toward rank. **Source:** [[livestreams/Awareness Is Power — Language, Contradiction, and Holding Your Ground - Workbook|Awareness Is Power — Language, Contradiction, and Holding Your Ground]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Authority produces different reactions in different nervous systems. Some attack it, some appease it, and some study its actual competence; awareness creates enough pause to choose a response based on evidence rather than an inherited posture toward rank.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-authority-produces-different-posture-toward-rank ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->