Hot Water

I was mercilessly bullied in my early childhood. When I finally had the opportunity to go to a new school in 7th grade, I'd had enough and consciously decided to do anything I could to be popular. I became a bully. There is no being on earth capable of inducing as much emotional pain as a 14-year-old girl.

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Somehow We Took a Wrong Turn

Rather than orient our lives around joy, many of us have become fear and suffering obsessed. Instead of maximizing our joy, we have decided to optimize our suffering because we believe it is valuable and somehow makes our lives more meaningful.

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For the Love of Hairy Problems

I remember telling my mother in 2015, just after it was clear that Trump would be running for president, “I don't particularly love Hillary, but what she has over Trump is she knows that solutions to real problems are not tweetable.”

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