technology has made it easy to access the best parts of people’s lives. the part where we’re booked and busy. the part where we’re in the streets and the night is always young. the part that we want people to see. so it’s easy to assume that what we’re seeing is the truth. maybe, like me, it deters you from reaching out to people because you think... See more

as much as i’d like to say friendship comes easily to me, it takes a lot for me to call someone my friend — a sense of belonging, intimacy, and trust. even when big tech has produced dopamine-rich ways of keeping our eyes glued to each other’s lives with rarely any effort, i know that friendship is beyond being a witness. it requires hard work. it... See more