The Editor We All Have (And Mostly Ignore)
A night spent helping my grandma "land the plane" at 104, Maria Ross's twenty-good-summers math, and the research that explains both: death anxiety makes us defensive and tribal, while death reflection — contemplating mortality on purpose — turns us toward the people who matter. This edition of Reading Between the Lines walks through the difference, why it's a choice, and four questions worth sitting with this week.
Stay curious. Ask good questions. Let empathy follow.