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I'm still thinking about an amazing presentation by @praxislabs venture partner @dharrisindc last week about creating from lament. Effective change doesn't come from ignoring or skipping over lament — it begins there.
And then she gave us a template for lament from the psalms:

Cry out to God
Complain to God
Affirm trust in God
Petition God
Make additional arguments to God
Express rage to God
Promise obedience to God
State your assurance in God

I especially like "additional arguments." :)
Since I'm in the process of writing a book, I wrote a lament exactly along these lines — I now am reading it aloud every day as I begin my work. Highly recommend doing this for whatever is most central to your life and creative calling.
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Thinking about that horrifying Verge piece (which is just the latest reporting on a phenomenon that's been going on, largely offshore, for the last decade or so), and its connection to the authority / vulnerability dynamic I wrote about in Strong & Weak:
There's a Law of Conservation of Vulnerability in every human system. Someone is going to bear the risk. For you to live in Withdrawal (no authority or risk), someone else has to exercise Control (authority without risk), AT THE COST of someone Suffering (risk without authority).
And the only way Control can be maintained at the expense of others' Suffering — is through violence (broadly understood = the violation of another's dignity).
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If you're someone growing in celebrity, your first priority should be to build systems of unimpeachable independence and credibility that can hold you accountable. The problem is that almost no one who tastes celebrity makes this a priority.
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