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Letter #21: Wild Wild 2026

(Note: I solemnly swear this letter was not generated by AI.) Dear Friend of Without, Dr Lok, our Head of Science, said to me, “We’ll all be doing night shifts to support Midhun get this over the line, hope that’s okay?” I am not sure if he texted this to me or said this out […]

(Note: I solemnly swear this letter was not generated by AI.) Dear Friend of Without, My last letter ended on a loss: “I had to terminate a former waste picker whom we had hired, trained and who had worked with us for a couple of years. This was the first termination that was not for […]

(Note: I solemnly swear this letter was not generated by AI.) Dear Friend of Without, It started with a moment of clarity from Sri Sanjana. “It’s like a sphere, Anish.” A moment where it all came together after days of brainstorming, as if the Gods had conjured this hallelujah themselves. Sri Sanjana is our precocious […]

(Note: I solemnly swear this letter was not generated by AI.) Dear Friend of Without, Sanjay (pseudonym) walked into my office and said, “I have not been able to sleep for the past two days.” A promising young engineer on our team, Sanjay had texted me at 1:07 am the night before that he wanted […]