{"id":280,"date":"2026-03-27T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/?p=280"},"modified":"2026-05-16T18:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T23:01:30","slug":"dossier-an-essay-prerequisite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Dossier, an Essay Prerequisite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontask_We_were_having_a_fight_translation_a_friction_about_wh_24a23a97-66d6-476d-ac18-34626be1cf17_2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontask_We_were_having_a_fight_translation_a_friction_about_wh_24a23a97-66d6-476d-ac18-34626be1cf17_2a.jpg 576w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontask_We_were_having_a_fight_translation_a_friction_about_wh_24a23a97-66d6-476d-ac18-34626be1cf17_2a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/searchingwithin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ontask_We_were_having_a_fight_translation_a_friction_about_wh_24a23a97-66d6-476d-ac18-34626be1cf17_2a-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About meeting Tim for the first time at his office. We were having a fight (translation: a friction about what normal human means). I wrote a list of things I knew about him. Abridged version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten months. Here is what I know about Tim\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>48 years old<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>psychology wasn\u2019t his first career<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>two cats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>signs all communications with Initials, for simplicity and ease.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wears fleece zipup when cold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>thinks out loud\u2014sometimes the thinking arrives in three contradictory pieces before it resolves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>conscientious; goes the extra step to find reference materials that are relevant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>doesn&#8217;t want me to do things for his validation or to make him happy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the confidence that he can interrupt me \u2014 unproven in my experience but claimed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>appears that nothing people say to him creates embarrassment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>when liking something I\u2019ve created, he genuinely says so.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>quiet or noiseless laugh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>neutrality is the default. solidarity is not beyond him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completely legitimate for a normal human to have a superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About meeting Tim for the first time at his office. 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