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But, Alices are also rare and precious – they are the ones who noticed something was wrong and worth calling out, and, who were willing to actually push past social awkwardness about it.

Some of the people who succeed at being Alices in an on-going manner are comedians or, in the old days, jesters. People who use humor, sometimes self-deprecation, to speak truth and provoke change. Pushing the inconvenient trust still sometimes gets them killed or cancelled or deeply depressed. But comedian/performer types of Alice seem to me to be more self-aware, often ch... (read more)

Using the repetitive motions of making stone tools now could be good for developing manual dexterity. It might also give you time to reflect on the value of crafting while your hands stayed busy. But, lacking context, you might not get the same benefits from the work that your ancestors did.

Making stone flints now means separating the activity — stone tool making — from any original context(s), which would have been complex and social. What would an ancestral stone tool maker have needed to know, back in the day? To have the full benefit of stone tool... (read more)