The Only Open Seat Was Next to a Black Kid. His Name Was Sam.
Every signal my nervous system sent said do not sit there. I sat there because there was nowhere else to go. Within a week we were friends.
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GhostwritingThe Least They Could Get Away With: Pricing, Worth, and Why the Cheap Work Never Ends
Two contracts arrived unasked for and paid $25,000 in advance, and the look on the client's face said the quote had been too low. On Gamify Business Tavern Tales with Paul Pape: the $980 book that works out to five…
Behind the BookI Got Tired of Religious Answers That Did Not Match Reality
I did not set out to write theology. I started trying to make sense of existence because the explanations I grew up with created more problems than they solved.
PeopleADHD as a Superpower, Late Autism, and Escaping the Corporate Box | Adulting with Autism
Richard Lowe, The Writing King, joined Sue Zawacki on Aging Info Radio as a cybersecurity expert, drawing on decades spent responsible for enterprise
Critical ThinkingWhat Is a Polymath? (And Why It Might Describe You)
A polymath works across many fields instead of drilling into one. Here is what the pattern looks like, the signs you might have it, and why it becomes an asset when the world changes fast.
PeopleFrom the Renaissance Faire to the Drum Circle: A Tribute to Vernon Lewis
Vernon Lewis was a drummer who showed up at Renaissance Faires and drum circles around Southern California, and he had a gift for drawing people into the music without ever asking them to come. This is the story of how…
Behind the BookNobody Else Asked. I Sat on the Folding Chair and He Told Me.
You want to know about the war, he said, making that familiar sucking sound through his teeth. It didn't start with Pearl Harbor for me.
Behind the BookI Have Owned a Lucky Shirt. I Have Knocked on Wood.
I am not immune to any of this. The question is never whether you think irrationally. It is whether anybody has died of it.
LeadershipThe Leaders Hub
Founders, executives, veterans and change-makers on the moments that changed everything, in unscripted hour-long conversations.
Behind the BookI Left the Church at Fourteen. I Was Baptized in December 2024.
I left convinced Christianity was not for people who could not sit still or focus. It took decades to hear a version of it that had room for me.
PeopleRemembering Cindy the Rocking Horse Lady
Some people show up exactly when you need them most, and you never forget the first time you see them. This is the story of how a woman on a giant wooden rocking horse helped pull a grieving man back…
Artificial IntelligenceAI: The Death of Thinking | Richard Lowe on Optimal Conversations EP 55
Richard Lowe returns to Optimal Conversations with Mary Wong to unpack the Enemies of You series: why cheating with AI kills your ability to learn, how the augmented path turns AI into a digital assistant instead of a replacement brain,…