NOTES FROM MAKE CONTACT
Long-form reflections on memory, connection, travel, and what happens after goodbye.
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What a Chicago train experiment, the liking gap, and a decade of research reveal about the conversations we avoid
We expect talking to strangers to be awkward and unwelcome. Research from Chicago commuter trains says we're wrong, and it's costing us connection.
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After 20 years and 12,000 LinkedIn connections, I barely know most of them. What connection hoarding taught me about deep vs. surface relationships.
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A reflection on why places, gestures, and unfinished conversations preserve the meaning of an encounter long after names and dates begin to fade.