Navigating the Hypersensitive Seas
Richard Dawkins and Scott Barry Kaufman are both seeing what our editor in chief is seeing: a shift in culture that it’s up to us to resist.
Jessie Mannisto,
Editor in Chief
A divergent thinker who can’t abide an echo chamber, Jessie has served as a CIA leadership analyst, a Google Policy Fellow, assistant the Consul General of Japan in Detroit, and a Segway-riding Mars Rover expert at the 2005 World Expo’s US Pavilion. She is now an independent writer, editor, and research analyst, helping private clients save little pieces of the world.
Articles by Jessie Mannisto
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Meeting the Gifted Child’s Chronically Unmet Needs: The BRIGHTLinks Story
Their kids found school intellectually lacking and socially fraught. Now these parents are working together to build a social and academic space that meets their profoundly gifted children’s uncommon needs.
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School Reimagined: Introducing Buckminster College
Alumni of the postgraduate School of Thinking wondered why they didn’t learn this stuff earlier. A new school for the gifted is launching to save the next generation some time and trouble.
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The Incorrigible Questioner and the Search for Spiritual Belonging
Is there a place for an incorrigible questioner in a church?
Our editor in chief, who is not temperamentally inclined to faith, looks for some way to tap into the wisdom and belonging that some of her favorite people have found in organized religion.
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The Phoenix Rises: New Site, New Groups, and Soon, a New Podcast!
There’s so, so much going on over here!
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Why Debate? The Personal Benefits of Intellectual Engagement
In this age of social media, “debate” too often brings to mind trolls on Twitter. But just because it can be hard to find, we shouldn’t forget that there’s a higher form of debate, and that engaging in it can help us harness and channel our intensities.
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Can You Change? The Purpose of the Third Factor
Neurodivergence is all the rage, especially in creative circles. But, contrary to some people’s expectations, that construct is well beyond the point of this site, if it’s even useful at all.
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Authentic Conscience: Unpacking Dabrowski’s Third Factor
The theory of positive disintegration emphasizes authenticity. So what if someone’s authentically a jerk?
The question nagged at the author early in her study of Dabrowski’s theory. With a reframing of the third factor, however, it became clear why no one’s personality ideal is to become a supervillain.
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Are You Abstract Intense?
To reach those who need it, it would be useful to have a neutral, descriptive synonym for the word “gifted.” Here’s my suggestion.
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