Welcome to the relaunch of Hi Love. Now an experiment to see if a platonic love letter is possible. Because you don’t need another newsletter but you could use a love letter. Read on. I’ll explain my thinking behind it all in issue 02.
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Hi Love is one of my favorite greetings.
Read MoreIncreasingly, every topics circles back to the issue of identity and identity politics. These are useful lens; important things to take into consideration. However, not everything is about identity. Can we transcend? Or can we at least draw a faint line on the ground?
Read MoreHuman are great at looking back and identifying the bread crumbs that lead us from A to B but we are terrible at predicting long term massive cultural trends. Why is that? For one thing, we are not engineered that way.
Read MoreAmanda Palmer vs Melinda Gates. Alright, less of a prize fight but opposite end of the spectrum on how famous women use their platforms to effect change.
Read MoreThe gender gap in every measurable ways are far from being closed. The double standards are real and present. Yes, it is the year 2019. One recent discovery is that there are Witches in the C-Suite. We are hiding in plain sight.
Read MoreYour partner (in business and in love) will have profound influence on you. When we were young, shared interests were enough. After all, our own values system might still be in development. As fully grown adults, it’s worth examining (or select) our potential partners for the deeper grooves that they will leave. In another word, will he/she make me a better person?
Read MoreTech failure (laptop + water, need I say more?!) and what are the ethics of traveling to countries where the politics might not be agreeable or right.
Read MoreIt is necessary for there to be an overlap of some sort, any sort, for two people to become friends. A Venn Diagram of me and you. What to do when our overlap disappears and there is nothing to ground the relationship?
Read MoreWelcome to time poverty. Time Poverty "exists across all economic strata, and its effects are profound. What is more surprising is "the more we get paid for our time, the more we value it, and the more intensely we feel the loss of any moment."
Read MoreOnce you log-off and hit the road, the world and it’s ills can seem so far away. Then, the inevitable re-enrty. What happens when re-entry is a bitch and when is a good time to hire a personal coach.
Read MoreTechnology is increasing social anxiety and depression. How might we use these feelings as a signal for our own state of being as well as a collective response to society at large. A check engine light of sort. “Amidst the glossiness of late capitalism, we are fed the notion that all difficult feeling—depression, anxiety, loneliness, rage—are simply a consequence of unsettled chemistry, a problem to be fixed, rather than a response to structural injustice.”
Read MoreEnd of the year brought us, "Bear of a week..." what a phrase. And it got me wondering, what other animals make a cameo in the day to day colloquial? A quick Google search returned the following:
Read MoreCSR is the business strategy for 2019. TOMS and Gun Safety is only the beginning of what could be an impressive shift in how we market and how corporations demonstrate values. But the trick is always in step two of the process —- what happens after the splashy campaign and the big PR announcement?
Read MoreWhat makes NYC so appealing to all who live here and those who dream of being here is the character, energy, diversity, and permissiveness. Except the forces of gentrification have been flattening out our lady's character bit by bit since 1980s. "Gentrification is about class—and the places where class intersects with race and other factors, like education and sexual orientation—but it is always about an imbalance of power. And in every scenario, the gentrifiers have more power.” Amazon is raw power with their $1T market cap.
Read MoreDuring a presentation at an elite private school here in Manhattan, the students raised their hand and ask, “how can we help.” We are barely 5 mins into the presentation and they are already picking up what we are putting down. Did I mention that the students are in the 6th grade? Why does it take adult so much longer to raise their hand and say, “count me in?!”
Read MoreI wanted to return to a weekly ritual of writing to you, publicly, about all the things I’m thinking about, musing on, and binge watching. To bring to you questions big and small, life hack and shouldn’t miss. Why? Because the easiest way for us to create intimacy and that human connection we all crave is through conversation —- even if it is a digital conversation, me speaking more and you listening/reading/watching. You will ping back when you are ready, and we can chat. In the mean time, Hi Love.
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