Great discussion on LinkedIn replying to this: Good thing I didn’t get used to these crazy salaries and perks because all that is about to change. Tech salaries are way out of line with reality in these FAANG companies and all it takes is a recession to shine light on...
Intersectionality is thorny in ways that both sides of the conservative/liberal divide don't appreciate. Intersectionality refers to the idea that when someone is a member of more than one marginalized group their experience is a singularity to people who only belong...
people say the pain of the process will make sense in the endbut kneading and baking are only worth it if the bread doesn't burn As I write this some people are trying to concoct some kind of redemptive narrative on how the last four years of Trump made us better...
when the whole world has always said "you can't"and when, despite your best efforts, you say "I didn't"its a sad demoralizationto overcome prejudicesometimes your best is still not enough only the disabledrecognize how precious and life givingconformity can bebecause...
I recently read one of the most profound Reddit comments I have ever read, in response to someone suggesting the thread poster go into tech. They said tech job interviews are basically hazing. I wish someone would have told me this 20 years ago, it could have saved me...
One thing they left out of the Book of Common Prayer is that in order for many of your prayers to work they have to be uncommon, they have to beat out all the others' prayers for the same thing. For example if you are vying for that good house or that job with a...
if i were an organ in the body of Christ it would be the appendix because i make the rest of the members of the body so uncomfortable they cut me right out when the church abdicates the responsibility to care for the poor and the government steps in and takes its...
One of the best summaries of conservationism I have ever read: Oh, wait, did I forget to mention that part? Yeah, whatever you try to build or create -- be it a poem, or a new skill, or a new relationship -- you will find yourself immediately surrounded by...
the lower you go the more your life resembles war your responsibility is to hold territory and the rest of the world's responsibility is to hurt you for doing so I was meditating on this poem and thinking about how the more disabilities you have the worse you get...
I don't feel eudemonic pleasure. I volunteer a lot because I can't find paid work and don't get pleasure from it. The pleasure I feel is hedonic like when I listen to a good song or are with friends enjoying tea or a chai latte. I think there are a few reasons for...