We need to value nuance more than ever before. We’re getting more tribal these days and, as a consequence, losing our search and appreciation for nuance. To make matters worse, technology is making it harder to access nuance. The business models of journalism simply do not support nuanced reporting. The primitive part of our brains fears it. And... See more
It takes a particular kind of courage to pour energy and attention into something that you can't yet fully explain or justify to others. Committed seriousness requires a stubborn blindness to conventional metrics of success or importance. You have to be willing to treat something as significant purely because you've decided it is.