You make a lot of good points, Alan. It’s such a loaded term and has many implications…
Can I take you up on something here. The part where you quote the “I want my students to be uncomfortable, but not paralyzed” and I love it, it’s just that what that means for each person is totally different, right? (I am not saying you’re not saying that, I am just saying it more explicitly). So for me, Maha, risk is blogging my deepest thoughts and feelings about certain things; but I am usually willing to take it and it becomes less uncomfortable with time; for others, even sending a tweet makes them uncomfortable to the point of paralysis….