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When intellectual discussion groups become performative

Three of us started meeting monthly to talk about the questions that actually matter and somewhere along the way it became a place where we each defend positions we're not even sure we hold instead of thinking together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The shared pursuit of understanding has been replaced by individual ego protection, and genuine inquiry requires vulnerability that feels too risky now.

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