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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 ...

Tension: Millennials define themselves in contrast to older generations yet often mirror the very Boomer habits they critique.… ...

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This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Sometimes, we’re our own worst critics. We may not ...

Tension: People assume intelligence must look a certain way—flawless memory, fast thinking, academic brilliance—but often overlook subtler, more… ...

A couple of years ago, I stumbled across a line from the Stoic philosopher Seneca that has stuck with me ever since: “We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” I’ll be honest—I didn ...