Something subtle is shifting beneath our thumbs.

In this short podcast https://overcast.fm/+AA-HuY0P2vQ, Ali Abdaal explores how chat-based communication—texts, voice notes, async exchanges—is quietly transforming how we connect. Less broadcast, more presence. Less stage, more thread.

But in a world of constant messaging, how do we stay grounded?

In “Is Context the Critical Ingredient for Not Getting Buried by the Information Avalanche?”, we’re reminded: it’s not the flood that overwhelms—it’s the lack of context. And context, etymologically, means “weaving together.”

Maybe we should take that literally. Weaving, not just consuming. Threading meaning through fragments. Gathering the scattered into fabric.