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Don’t Leave the Silly Out of the Serious, or the Serious out of the Silly

The joys of yes, this.

Boundaries not as keeping things out, but as holding our dreams a bit more softly.

Step in to this moment that I’ve made for you. For what it is you need.

This looks like opening your dinner party with the question ‘What’s holding your attention right now?’ or seating folks next to each other that you know are both secret space nerds.

Physical affordances are things like stairs and handles and benches. Conversational affordances are things like digressions and confessions and bold claims that beg for a rejoinder. Talking to another person is like rock climbing, except you are my rock wall and I am yours. If you reach up, I can grab onto your hand, and we can both hoist ourselves... See more

When I host, plan, or participate in intellectual gatherings, my purpose is always this: I want to escape the condemnation of Margo Roth Spiegelman. I want to talk about “anything that matters.”

t you can shape yourself by reshaping your relationships. By changing who you are addressing, and the responses you garner, you steer your development. You become more agentic.