Emily

“For me, that strong back is grounded confidence and boundaries. The soft front is staying vulnerable and curious. The mark of a wild heart is living out these paradoxes in our lives and not giving into the either/or BS that reduces us. It’s showing up in our vulnerability and our courage, and, above all else, being both fierce and kind.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

“Even though Silicon Valley’s monopolies exist for the sake of profit, they view themselves as revolutionary agents, elevating the world to the state of oneness that Brand spent his life chasing.”
― Franklin Foer, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech

“Just as the world took a neoliberal turn, the National Science Foundation conceived a multi-year plan for privatizing the internet….The euphoria of capitalism’s triumph set the tone for the internet’s emergence.”
― Franklin Foer, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech

“Europeans never wanted to show too much emotion or be too expressive or joyful or exuberant because it would blur the divide between colonizers and colonized.”
― Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You