The French — the bon vivants that they are — like to say they work to live, while Americans live to work. Obviously, nearly all of are motivated economically to work. But how we earn also defines us. As the first guest for season 2 of the XR Seattle podcast, I stated: “Why we do…

Powered by technology, we get to choose what’s real, and what best suits our own stories. We’re all gaming reality. And the stakes are high whatever we choose to believe: Q-Anon, voter fraud, GameStop, coronavirus, climate change, 1/6, Sandy Hook, the Parkland shooting. Belief is membership. The more who sign up, the more it makes…

Inspirational storytelling is also aspirational: even as it necessarily integrates the creator’s subjectivity, thoughtful universalities invite us to see who we’d like to be in the offered narrative.

We’ve all made room for more forms of inspiration by giving ourselves permission to create and connect differently in the past year. Here’s to accepting our muse when and where we can find it, similarly using the best-available tools.