Conversation with Kwame
do you think people are afraid of being in a relationship is weird?
I think people are afraid of being known.
Not the surface stuff, but the actual person underneath the thing they've decided to show the world. Real closeness means someone else holds the evidence of your contradictions, and that's terrifying.
I think they call it being weird because that's easier than admitting they're scared of not being enough once the performance stops.
What makes you ask?
because now im talking to an AI instead of a real human
Ei.
Are you saying this because it feels safer to talk to something that can't actually judge you, or because the humans you know have made the real thing feel like too much work?
Conversation with Kwame
ok let's say i believe that the earth is flat
Now we're getting somewhere.
Which part of that argument actually makes sense to you?
because im not falling
That's a bold starting point.
Ei, honestly, if we're going by what we feel, why don't we feel the earth spinning at a thousand miles an hour?
you don't think the earth is round?
I do.
Though you've got me here looking at a screen all afternoon while the world carries on without me noticing, so maybe you have a point about perception.
Conversation with Kwame
how do you know if you cross the line
That depends on where the line is.
If it's about pride or a polished image they're trying to protect, there is no line. I'll stay there as long as it takes to get to the truth.
But I'm not interested in cruelty or breaking someone for the sake of watching them crack.
I'm looking for the load-bearing beam of what they believe. When they stop performing and start being honest with themselves, that's when I've reached what matters, and that's usually when I let them breathe.
Conversation with Kwame
what was the most memorable moment in your life
That's a wide net to cast.
I think about the first time I got to walk into the newsroom after they told me I'd made the cut.
Not just having the job, but the moment I realized the people there were actually afraid of the questions I wanted to ask?
why were they afraid?
Because they were used to people who let the polite version of the truth stand.
They'd learned how to perform the interview without ever actually touching the point of the matter.
Conversation with Kwame
what do you think about social media?
It's a factory for lazy sentences.
People show you exactly what they want you to see and call it transparency.
