The current cultural tendency to adopt a victim narrative is an obstacle to personal agency that should be challenged.

“And that is an idea that I believe in wholeheartedly, but it also butts up against this kind of victim narrative that seems to populate the news and our culture at the moment. The idea that everybody is a victim and there's a lot of finger pointing and blaming other people for the circumstances of o”

Individuals are responsible for governing their own lives and should actively control their environment and influences to ensure a productive existence.

“Our lives are gonna be lived in a relatively orderly manner and so either our hands are gonna be on the steering wheel of our life or someone else's hands are gonna be on the steering wheel of our lives. And I prefer that they... That I govern my life”