Someone to Sit in the Foxhole: A Grandfather’s Speech That Changed Everything

” I said. “I’m saying if we’re going to try connection, we do it for real. We put the little boxes away for one hour. We see if we can survive being human without an audience.”

The principal rubbed his forehead. “People will freak out.”

“Good,” I said. “Let them.”

Because if there’s one thing I learned young, it’s this:

When people freak out, it means continue reading …