<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Labels make people easier to manage. Identifying... > Labels make people easier to manage. Identifying and categorizing someone lets others predict, rank, and control them, much as naming everything in a forest makes it easier to study and manage. Use identity as information while keeping the larger person free of the label. **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 ``` “Labels make people easier to manage. Identifying and categorizing someone lets others predict, rank, and control them, much as naming everything in a forest makes it easier to study and manage. Use identity as information while keeping the larger person free of the label.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-labels-people-easier-person-free-label ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->