Can I Take a Second?

An Open Letter to Tatiana Schlossberg Dear Ms. Schlossberg, I read with great sorrow your New Yorker piece about your diagnosis and the maybe year you have left. About the medications that might buy you more time, if you can afford them, if your insurance approves them, if the system deems you worthy of another sunrise. I’m a stranger, but I’m writing anyway. Not because I can fix what’s broken in your body. But because you’ve spent your career documenting what’s broken in our systems, and I think you’d like to know it can be changed. I have the math, and the application, live and working, to prove it. ...

November 24, 2024 · 3 min · 492 words · Denken

Anticipated Critiques & Preemptive Responses

Anticipated Critiques & Preemptive Responses Strategic Defense: Answering Objections Before They’re Raised “The best defense is a good offense. Or in this case, a thoroughly researched response written before anyone attacks.” Why This Document Exists We spent nine years building Liana Banyan. We’ve thought through every objection. Rather than wait for critiques to arrive and respond reactively, we’re publishing our responses now—complete with embedded treasure hunt keys for readers who engage deeply with our counter-arguments. ...

November 24, 2024 · 6 min · 1206 words · Jonathan Jones