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Universal languages are cool. They are really simple in phenomena, but powerful. The idea that you can communicate with anyone in the world, regardless of their language or country of origin or upbringing, because there is a shared understanding of something core to humanity.  Grief, for example, is universal. We all cry, all mourn, all…

One of my childhood friends used to cry in her birthdays, saying that she was sad that she was one year closer to dying. I’ve been thinking about that lately. You might think it’s a simple case of the glass half full or half empty paradox. Which I certainly did for a while. But I’ve…

Instagram is corrosive to my attachment with reality. The more emotionally laden I feel, the more potent it’s numbing effect. There was a time, though, when Instagram was the anchoring to my social existence. In those days, my Instagram biography would be regularly updated, as to announce to the world and Instagram robots who I…