How We Stopped Believing That People Can Change (behind paywall), Rebecca Solnit.

“…We as a society seem unequipped to recognize transformations, just as we lack formal processes — other than monetary settlements — for those who have harmed others to make reparations as part of their repentance or transformation… [B]eyond the individual cases comes the need for something broader: a recognition that people change, and that most of us have and will, and that much of that is because in this transformative era, we are all being carried along on a river of change.” READ MORE (behind paywall) (Posted in Personal/Personal Growth)