I know this is just a first attempt at verbalising something soft, elusive, complicated and beautiful. I feel extremely grateful and hopeful - something is building naturally, and we can all take part! 1. The purpose of this essay is to figure out whether there is a need for a
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better self-definition, and what the benefits of that and the next steps are 2. You will see that I ended up turning the essay into an *interactive poll* (we're looking into finding a better format for this for the future) 3. I will write a follow up that summarises all the
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@whatstheii 5. I would love to hear your thoughts, questions and comments in any way you feel fit
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I hope from your comments and articulations of what else/better is needed I can understand how I can help better to create a great experience for all the people coming together. 8. I'm thankful for the many pieces of brilliant, spot-on feedback I've received these past days
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"Affinities begin and become interesting the moment they produce separations" Die Wahlverwandtschaften, Goethe From chemistry to literature to "tribalism"
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turns out the idea for twitter came from the desire to not feel alone
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I think it was for mapping / dispatch --- at least what
@jack said when I saw him talk at the@britishlibrary
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This is beautiful. Thank you very much for writing this.
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Congrats, you tapped into something significant with this. My sense is that many different such tribes are emerging at the moment. The essay of
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Curious to hear more re: what you think

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