https://coda.io/d/Writing-Hub_dYsYg7d1EIu/the-community-lifeline_suL9j#_lu1aH
- start with anecdote and then lead into contrarianism? or counter-cultural attitude and how it is real simply from the alienation that is felt but there is only a set that is recognized by society.
- Explore similarities between two very different people and then reveal who they are at the end
- alienation is probably the worst emotion we can feel. That we are somehow different in a way that is “wrong”
- human connection is how we feel whole
- There’s a bunch of discourse on finding yourself and being independent which is all very valuable but you can’t survive alone.
- It’s the difference between someone who builds a bomb shelter for themselves vs. someone who can take care of their own things but makes themselves vulnerable intentionally so because that’s how you build trust and connection
- it’s like how you feel closer to someone after they ask a favor of you
- being depended upon is a signal of trust and you want to be around people who trust you.
- You can never trust someone if you can never ask someone for help.
- There’s a category of people for whom the environment is hard to ask for trust