“At 42, with young kids, I got a devastating diagnosis. I knew I was in for a harrowing journey. I didn’t know quite what kind.”
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‘I Awoke at ½ Past 7’
“Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame.”
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In Defense of Despair
“The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be.”
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We Need To Rewild The Internet
“The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.”
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Ditch
“He was always helping someone through something, even when he was barely holding on himself.”
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Harmony
“You can practice a song a thousand times and still its first note sends you into the unknown.”
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Flying Solo
On self-love and self-acceptance while aging in a disabled body.
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Fire. Dog. Life. Ice
“The thing that always haunted me about explorers was that when they left, they never knew if they were coming back.”
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On Walking
“To love walking is to love the body, and this has been a barrier for me.”
