The Architecture of Connection: Navigating Failed Expectations
Over the past few years, I have spent a lot of time thinking about why relationships—of all kinds—disintegrate. Whether it is a professional partnership, a...
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Room Full of Idiots: When Power and Paranoia Erode the Truth
Last week, I sat in a large meeting of clergy and stakeholders, watching a tragedy unfold in real-time. The chairman—a highly regarded religious leader—stood before...
Guardrails in the Garden: AI, Alligators, and the Illusion of Control
Artificial Intelligence is evil. I don’t mean that in the standard "religious Luddite" way. I mean it in a technical sense. While AI was trained...
Beyond the Transaction: The Impossible Call of Unconditional Marriage
In our modern world, relationships are often viewed as transactional. It is a "quid pro quo" arrangement—I scratch your back, you scratch mine. Even when...