This is something I’ve been wrestling with since the last American presidential election. And it is definitely having an impact on where I see my work taking me in the future.

This was fascinating to listen to. Of course words like empathy, sympathy, compassion etc. are used with different meanings by different people. But what is explained here is in my opinion the key to understanding why people who most strongly take part in others’ suffering can also be the most judgmental and sometimes violent people around. 

Extreme, but… How do you react when you forget your smartphone at home? Do you have fantasies of slower time? This is something I’ve been actively working on for a couple of years, for myself. I pull back, and then all of a sudden find myself having spent most of my week-end on Facebook and Twitter and other online spaces.

Could be an eye-opening read if you have an absolute belief in monogamy as the supreme value in a relationship. 

“Scandals be damned. The goal of marriage, argues Dan Savage — devoted husband, proud father, sex columnist — should be stability, not monogamy.”

Don’t play the game.

Old memories. Lovely song.