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For those of us born into varying levels of scarcity, whose self-worth may have been maimed by systemic down-and-outness, we have a tendency to reach for the same, the broken, the known poisoned palliatives, because sameness is comforting. The paradox of trauma: It becomes what you know and what you know becomes a security blanket.
Slowly, over time, that trauma can be mitigated (if not nullified) through collecting good people like Pokémon cards.
Archetypes Revisited — Roden Newsletter Issue 075
craigmod.com
The fun parts of trial prep are the mock cross-examinations in which SDNY prosecutors not involved with the case play defense attorneys and grill the witnesses. The brutal part is when the assistant U.S. attorneys rehearse their opening statements in moot court and get ripped apart by their own colleagues so they can make a good first impression when it counts. But plotting out the last words the jury will hear from the government is the essential part.
It’s Their Job to Put Sam Bankman-Fried in Prison
wsj.com
If you want a chance at changing minds, you need a new strategy: Stop using your values as a weapon, and start offering them as a gift.
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
theatlantic.com
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