The Third Space

As such, global conflict and harm may finally give way to compassion when the “other” is no long longer other, but part of oneself.

privacy is the womb.

it’s where we gestate who we are before the world gets to shape us.

take it away, & you don’t get more honesty. you get collapse. conformity. psychic suffocation.

if you love freedom, you have to love privacy.

if you care about the human spirit, you have to defend its room to breathe.

& if you still want to become something tomorrow... See more

Let's take a moment to consider the conveniently limited definition of “political violence” I'm seeing everywhere today. I have already written a short, probably too-flippant thing about this, so let me say it more deliberately: It is assassination when civilians and journalists and doctors are blown up in Gaza. It is politically-justified torture ... See more

This friction = a natural filter. Meetings that aren't worth a brief email exchange probably aren't worth having at all. The person requesting your time is forced to invest a small amount of their own effort, creating a natural alignment of incentives. Meanwhile, you retain the opportunity to suggest alternative formats, durations, or even question... See more