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Evelyn Zumthor's avatar

Makes sense. I guess the real question is when safety starts feeling like missed upside again. Do you ever catch yourself second-guessing those pivots later on?

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Mike Boyle's avatar

Before conducting such a move, norms and beliefs need to be evaluated and very possibly changed. Within this subject matter, I believe the causes can be derived by money | lack thereof, not as a justification, but from a level of understanding. Once we are able to free ourselves from an all or nothing proposition, then we understand that there are numerous solutions that are fit for purpose under certain conditions only. The extreme of what I have proposed would be one of those.

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Evelyn Zumthor's avatar

I understand that feeling of being free but also like something might have been missed. What you said about 'the extreme' sounds like a necessary kind of deconstruction. I'm curious how you view the idea of things being 'ready' or when the conditions are right

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Michael Boyle's avatar

I very much appreciate our interchange, Evelyn!

Yes, not so easy. We need to take numerous low-risk bets and closely monitor the results. A good source of such initiatives can be found at Homeboy Industries, where you can feel a strong sense of agency https://homeboyindustries.org/

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