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Modern Love: Have We Lost Genuineness for Freedom?
In chasing freedom and keeping our options open, have we quietly given up the security of actually knowing where we stand with someone? We're more free in love than any generation before us — no fixed scripts, no pressure to settle, endless options a swipe away. But somewhere in that freedom, many of us have traded the quiet security of genuine intimacy for a constant low-grade anxiety about where we actually stand with the people we're seeing. Is this liberation — or just a more polite kind of loneliness?
How we do this
Be respectfulDisagree with the point, never the person.
Raise your hand to speakSo nobody has to talk over anybody.
Keep it shortSay the thing, then let the next person in.
Discussion is encouragedReply to each other, not just to the question.
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