why i type in (almost) all lowercase

a few months ago, i got some feedback from a friend and colleague, Maureen, about my using all lowercase. and she made a suggestion which i am taking on now: doing some writing about why i do this and including it in my email signature. so here we are! thanks, Maureen.

coaching insight: because all people should valued equally, no one gets to be better than others at things

while coaching a few weeks ago, i stumbled upon an unfortunate cultural pattern in some parts of left movement culture i inhabit: while we deeply believe that no human is more valuable than another, we resist acknowledging that some people are better than others at some things. because we don’t believe person a is more valuable than person b, we resist saying person a is better at activity z than person b is.

happy "no new things" day 2024!

preface: if you’re curious in the evolution of this experiment/thought/practice, here are the last 5 posts about it: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.

book review: the new saints — from broken hearts to spiritual warriors

boundaries: it's easier to go from tight to wide than to go shrink from wide to tight

humble proposition: i believe it’s easier to take a tight boundary and widen it and harder to take a wide boundary and shrink it.