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Feb 17Liked by Kevin Kaiser

I never thought I would say this. But, I think, the thing I most want to be, is useless.

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Same!

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Great article, Kevin. I’m doing some personal development at college in my counselling course and one of the things I need to think and write about is my own relationships. This is a really useful place to start from 👍

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Thanks Rich! Glad this sparked some ideas and reflection for you.

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Great message. I think this aligns to the broader idea of poetic vs technical atunement steve March talks about originally cited by Heidegger. A great way of describing this dynamic across all of life

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Thanks Scott! I’m not familiar with the technical cs poetic, but I just added that to my “look this up” list.

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Feb 18Liked by Kevin Kaiser

Fantastic, brother.

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🙏🏼

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Wow,that is such a beautiful article. Thank you so much! :) I recently visited a friend and felt so connected to him and then I realized I am so busy with my own stuff that I failed to listen,to care, to simply see him. And afterwards there was more distance than before. At that point, as I cared so deeply about him, I realized, something needs to change, I want to change. For the sake of him. For the sake of any current and future connection. To open up more, to be more gentle, more caring, more present, more listening in.

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Fascinating stuff, Kevin!

Sometimes it not easy to discern which friends are which across these groups. I have found that big changes (moving internationally and going sober, in my case) have shone the light of truth on previously hidden catergorization.

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Feb 26·edited Feb 26

Started reading and ended with a smile that made me think.

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