there's something so powerful about intergenerational gatherings, like the one around this fire -- there to celebrate a 30th, we were the elders to some while also reveling in the stories of our elders around us
Quoting J. Bilbro's review of The AI Mirror, which suggests "incarnate relationships -- with human teachers, human coaches, human mentors, human caretakers -- may increasingly come to be the preserve of those who can pay a premium. 'Knowing others, and having others come to know us, is expensive, and we aren't investing in it anymore.'"