They know a version of you that, five years down the line, no one can meet.

Guests

Nathan Hewitt. nonprofit commoning.

Sections

00:23 intro
01:21 finding each other on Mastodon
02:12 not a coder
08:14 waiting for likes
11:48 anti-marketing
13:30 leaving social media
16:29 keeping it touch with friends
21:38 stepping into your former self
24:33 comfortable with emotions
31:07 75 dollar hats
37:06 hard and soft language
41:32 complex complicated people
49:31 speaking like a pastor
52:24 the hole gets bigger
56:56 baking for neighbours
60:11 cooking to connect
61:21 openness also leads to depth
68:06 comfortable talking about death
70:28 conclusion
71:12 outro

If you enjoyed that, you might like my exchange

• with Mariama Diallo, who applies her methods of self-care to social media;
• or with Jessica Alonso, for her deep explorations on relationships and technology;
• or with Doug Webb, who has figured out many things about cooperation and self-governance.

(P.S. I'm leaning more and more towards giving things away so you'll notice this is publicly available to everyone. If you would still like to contribute financially, there's now an option here to do one-time 'tips' of any amount)