1. The abstract “Other” is never encountered except in particular manifestation. The Other is always manifest in the particular.

2. The “initial closures,” in Hilary Lawson’s language, or the initial abstractions from haecceity, in my language, may be thought of as real causal impositions. It is possible that this is a game with rules, but whose rules are such that the rules cannot be known and certified from within the game itself.

3. I am not obligated to meet my expectations for myself. This is not to say that I am not obligated to honor my commitments. Honoring one’s commitments is a matter of effort, i.e. the dedication of attention. However, the means and ways in which I honor my commitments, and even the achievement or failure to achieve concrete goals and deliverables, need not conform to my own expectations thereof.