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This is part of The Direct Message series. Learn the methodology behind it here. There’s a particular kind of adulthood that never really begins. Outwardly, you’re competent. Capable. High-functioning ...

I write this with urgency. We are living through a slow-motion cognitive collapse – a collapse of our shared sense-making in the face of AI-generated confusion and media dysfunction. Every day brings ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live.

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Parents often imagine the day their children become ...