interview
Interviews with lovers, fighters and the various professionals who deal with our dysfunction.
Hobosexuality
In modern dating lexicon, a distinct and pervasive archetype has emerged, colloquially dubbed the Hobosexual . While the term carries a sharp, satirical edge, the psychological reality behind it is deeply calculated. This is the person who navigates relationships not through genuine romantic desire or equal partnership, but through a strategy of charm-based survival.
By Sai Marie Johnson5 days ago in Humans
Bringing Iced Coffee to a Job Interview: Zero Professionalism, or Defending Your Soul?
Cover image created using an AI image generation tool (Gemini/Claude). Imagine you're the interviewer. A candidate knocks and walks in holding a cold, takeout iced coffee in one hand. How would that land with you?
By ConvoWorld12 days ago in Humans
Notes from the Mind Palace
I’m not the kind of person you understand in one sitting. Most people meet me and think they’ve got me entirely figured out within the first five minutes. They see someone loud, expressive, fast-moving, a little chaotic, and a little sharp around the edges. They look at the alternative clothes, hear the heavy music, and assume that the outer shell is the whole story. They don’t realize that’s just the surface tension. It’s the glare on top of dark water. The real story runs underneath, miles below the noise, quieter, stranger, and far more deliberate than anyone outside ever gives me credit for. If you only look at the velocity on the outside, you miss the gravity on the inside.
By Syl De'Vil16 days ago in Humans
What Causes a Man’s Midlife Crisis?
There’s a popular image of a man going through a midlife crisis: he suddenly buys a sports car, changes his wardrobe, starts going out more, or decides he needs a dramatic new career. While these stereotypes can be amusing, a midlife crisis is often about something much deeper. For many men, it can be a period of questioning their identity, relationships, achievements, and the direction their life is taking.
By AnthonyBTV19 days ago in Humans
Memory of Limerence
I used to think memory was a kind of proof, something solid enough to hold up like a photograph and say, This is what happened. But memory is less like a photograph and more like a rumor you tell yourself until you believe it. Nothing taught me that faster than the night he and I both swear we remember, even though our versions don’t overlap in any meaningful way.
By Syl De'Vil21 days ago in Humans
Suriya Khabibullina on Procurement, Ukraine, and Wartime Leadership
Suriya Khabibullina is a Ukraine-based management consultant, executive coach, tutor, and sales, procurement and marketing specialist. Trained originally in chemistry, she moved from academic science into multinational business after the Soviet collapse, rising through Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Japan Tobacco International, Ernst & Young, and Korn Ferry. She has taught strategic marketing and business negotiation through Edinburgh Business School and commercial negotiation through CIPS programs, bringing practical leadership, supply-chain resilience, and wartime experience to her teaching and advisory work in Ukraine.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsenabout a month ago in Humans
Liza Mazur on Migration Law, Client Trust, and Legal Practice in Ukraine
Liza Mazur is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian lawyer specializing in migration law. She earned a bachelor’s degree in law from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2023 and pursued a master’s degree in international law at its Institute of International Relations. Her practice focuses on immigration, legalization, citizenship, visas, residence documentation, and assistance for foreigners in Ukraine and Ukrainians abroad. Mazur emphasizes clear communication, client trust, individualized guidance, and professional legal representation across complex cases.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsenabout a month ago in Humans
