I’m sixty-one, I fix pipes for a living, and I just became a father. That last one hit me harder than the concrete dust ever did. Sitting here in Tucson, I’ve spent decades reading about contemplative practices, trying to figure out how to pass down something meaningful to this kid without shoving dogma down his throat. I post rarely because I don’t like wasting words, but this needs saying. Then I finally caved and bought the Apple Vision Pro. I didn’t expect

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