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The Issue of Our Time: Pumping the Brakes on Technology (opens the original)
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It was wonderful to sit down with Katie Couric on Substack Live to discuss what I believe is the most pressing issue of our time: protecting our children in a rapidly shifting digital landscape.If you missed the live session, the full video is available here. During our conversation, we focused on the urgent need for accountability and care in how technology is built and deployed. Here are some of the core points we unpacked:The Responsibility of Tech Platforms: Any entity building our digital s
How Do We Stay Open to Life’s Mysteries? (opens the original)
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We live in a time when we can measure, analyze, and explain more about the world than ever before. And yet, some of the experiences that shape us most deeply - awe, love, wonder, transcendence - can be the hardest to put into words.On this week’s episode of Staying Human, I sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ayad Akhtar to discuss his latest novel, The Radiance, and how traditional medical models often fail to
Why It’s Hard to Make Friends as an Adult (opens the original)
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When I was in my first term in office in Washington, D.C., I told myself that the deep isolation I felt was simply a byproduct of the work. I was moving at a relentless pace, keeping my head down, and telling myself that the loneliness would lift once my schedule cleared. But when I stepped out of government service, the reality was entirely different. My calendar finally opened up, and the intense workload faded, but the isolation didn’t vanish. Instead, the loneliness only deepened.Friends wou
What Is the Secret to True Healing? (opens the original)
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What does it actually mean to heal, and to be healed? In modern healthcare, we are trained to treat uncertainty as an emergency and disease as an adversary to conquer. Too often, we equate caring with fixing deficits, pursuing technical mastery, and hiding our own vulnerabilities. But the deeper truth of medicine is that we are all wounded in some way, and those very fractures can become our greatest source of connection, empathy, and strength.In this week’s episode of Staying Human, I sit down
What 9/11 Taught Me About How to Stay Human (opens the original)
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I wasn’t sure whether to share anything about the knot in my stomach and the cascade of memories and sadness that washed over me when I got up this morning, 25 years after that ill-fated day. But then I got a text from my friend Julie Yufe who was with me that awful morning, and I began to read messages from friends reflecting on that day, and they somehow eased the pain a little and made me feel less alone.I was sitting in my apartment on September 11, 2001, finishing the reading for my morning
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