Possibly you have 5000 subscribers because of a system error. I received your 'Welcome to Adulthood' email to one of my email addresses that didn't have a Substack account attached to it. I had to create a profile when I tried to log in using that email address. Not sure how you managed to get me on your list in the first place.
What if the idea that you need to be the complete author of your own beliefs is actually another hollow belief? I say that because lately I've grown rather suspicious of strong individualist views. Relying purely your own perspective is impossible, for one, since humans are extremely social creatures, and two, undesirable because you can't possibly expect to know everything there is to know in all areas of life (and it's foolish and hubristic to think otherwise). There is a lot of value and meaning to be had from the collective wisdom of community, tradition, and our ancestry, and it doesn't deserve the title of "hollow."
the different stage of adult development can help people to understand their behavior, mostly their decision making process. glad to know this, thank you for sharing, raffi. can't wait to see another post!
Possibly you have 5000 subscribers because of a system error. I received your 'Welcome to Adulthood' email to one of my email addresses that didn't have a Substack account attached to it. I had to create a profile when I tried to log in using that email address. Not sure how you managed to get me on your list in the first place.
Interesting that.
Apparently you can just add anyone's emails to your subscriber list. Who knew??
Thanks for that info. Who knew?....not me!
woah, the self-transforming mind!
- mico, a man part of gen z (: age 18 :)
p.s. i did come from Harry Potter and the Magical Phone by After Babel
Proverbs 9:10 is relevant.
What if the idea that you need to be the complete author of your own beliefs is actually another hollow belief? I say that because lately I've grown rather suspicious of strong individualist views. Relying purely your own perspective is impossible, for one, since humans are extremely social creatures, and two, undesirable because you can't possibly expect to know everything there is to know in all areas of life (and it's foolish and hubristic to think otherwise). There is a lot of value and meaning to be had from the collective wisdom of community, tradition, and our ancestry, and it doesn't deserve the title of "hollow."
the different stage of adult development can help people to understand their behavior, mostly their decision making process. glad to know this, thank you for sharing, raffi. can't wait to see another post!
I love the Google doc format—nice conceit.
Stage 5 people where you at?