In early 2022, Sara and I got a call from Rebel Wisdom. They had a problem: their community, despite being unusually bright, dangerously curious, and predisposed to that greatest of libertarian vices: solipsism, didn’t really know how to talk to each other. Their community was founded...

Balancing needs in a culture without collectivity I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do next with my life. After 13 years teaching communication and connection, I want to learn, contribute, and receive more. Meeting all these needs together will be hard. But I’ve been asking myself, “I...

and how to make it more likely that they will Anytime I create an event and people don’t show up, I have a little voice in my brain that says: “It was me, wasn’t it? I didn’t create a good enough event. I don’t have enough social cred. I have, in some way, secretly offended all of these people an...