response-differs-from-reaction

# Response differs from reaction Response, rather than reaction. A reaction is compelled by the stimulus; a response is chosen in the space after it. "Don't judge, just look" names the same discipline at the level of perception. Even watching a bull ant pause on a path the question holds: will it respond, or will it react? It scales from insects to nations. Related: [[responsibility-is-a-response-to-invitation]], [[forgiveness-is-the-highest-form-of-sovereignty]]