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The essay was originally published by João Mateus for his blog A few weeks ago, I had a call with Michael Strong, the founder of The Socratic Experience. In the midst of our conversation, he mentioned a speech called “The 7 Lesson Schoolteacher” by John Taylor Gatto. Now, in my

Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website We live in an age that has lost its optimism. Polls show that people think the world is getting worse, not better. Children fear dying from environmental catastrophe before they reach old age. Technologists are as likely to

Originally posted by Zelda on her substack, Tomorrow’s Ancestors, in February 2023 Over the last century or so, activism was one of the biggest forces for social change. Yet these past years, activist actions have disappointed many of us.[1] They’ve gotten more and more spectacular, oftentimes verging

Originally posted by Zelda on her substack, Tomorrow’s Ancestors, in April 2023 Exceptional, phenomenal, singular, remarkable… are compliments I’ve gotten used to hearing. But it wasn’t always this way. In high school, I was more likely to hear that I was a disappointment, awkward, a failure, even.

Originally posted by Shahid on his substack, shahid’s riffs , in March 2023 A few months ago, I did a short Twitter thread on how I like to approach travel. I’ll expand on that a bit more today, interspersed with anecdotes from my own experiences. Travel is embodied philosophy

Originally posted by Joy Gracia on her substack joyfull encounters, on June 2023 people change: rarely in the way you want them to, and usually not in the way you expect them to. i watched past lives a few days ago and i have been thinking about it ever since.