We are living in a culture that has become increasingly loud, reactive, and unstable. The problem is not just that people disagree. Disagreement is nothing new. The deeper problem is that we no longer seem committed to the same objective. More and more, the goal is not to understand what is true, but to win,…

Somewhere along the way, we reduced the word career to a line on a résumé. We started equating it with a job title, a company logo, a level on the org chart, or the size of a paycheck. We introduced ourselves by where we work instead of why we work. And without realizing it, we tied our identity, value,…