Abby Hue on Substack
Here are 13 things that every skilled chaos-surfer understands:
- How something appears to you may not be how it is.
- What is said or shown may not be all there is.
- What is true for me may not be true for you.
- The same words may mean different things to different people.
- What people say may not be what they mean. Because comms is lossy and language is
Packy McCormick • visakan veerasamy on Substack
Are human beings fundamentally good and capable of change, healing, and growth? ...Or are we selfish individuals who must be kept in check?
Those who push a dark, divisive vision of humanity are highly organized in using social media to spread their stories. We must be just as strategic and collaborative in telling and amplifying stories that... See more
Thomas Coombes • The science of communicating hope
You are a story, and the problem is that stories are never wholly true. They’re always simplistic, solipsistic and biased and often delusional, vengeful and hateful. In evolutionary terms, story’s purpose is not to discover truth or make us happy, but to motivate us to cooperate and strive and fight. As well as being a source of inspiration and... See more