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looking future 2024
one step forward, two steps forward
how i interact with the world
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one step forward, two steps forward
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This is the annual list of my five favorite books—a once-ambitious number that now feels super low. I read a lot this year and left many books unread on the table. There’s always 2025, right? Be the future is now an official store on bookshop. I don’t
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on who's in charge around here
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why do those in power do so much to hurt the people at the bottom?
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Happy Pride month! Note: this post contains spoilers for the 16th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The season finale aired in April 2024, but it might still be new to you. This is a spoiler warning if that matters to you! RuPaul’s Drag Race, an american reality show,
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Two months is a long time to be away from a routine. I shared back in January that I’d be away for a couple months. I stepped back from work, and this blog, and many more responsibilities during that time. Before I left, I thought I was fortunate because
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Hi y’all, I’m taking a quick break from work at Future Emergent and on this blog. I’ll be back by March. In my absence, I’ve queued up a few of my favorite blog posts in the newsletter I launched. A lot of people I admire moved
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I’ve been writing here on be the future for four years! I have written nearly 200 posts since I started blogging in 2019. Over the years, these posts have helped me refine my ideas and explore new ones I’ve learned about. They’re also an avenue for me
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I read more books this year than I have in a long time. Four more books than last year, about one every two weeks. Books are usually an escape for me; it feels like there was a lot I wanted to escape from this year. I try not to stick
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I still remember the afternoon of the day I came out as gay. There were rumors floating around my family. A few of my friends had guessed the truth before that night, but I denied it was true. That afternoon I felt terrified. I spent years hiding who I was.
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I’m allergic to cats. Maybe I never told you. When I went to the animal shelter the day we met, I actually met with two separate cats before you and your sister. The first cat, an older longhaired gentleman, set me off sneezing immediately. I lasted a few minutes
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I’m a Buddhist. It’s a pretty new development for me! I grew up Catholic but I was never very good at it. I’ve spent the last 20+ years as an atheist, and to some extent I still am. I started meditating a few years ago to help