When the "Experts" Hide the Truth: A Conversation with Johnny Vedmore

I talked to Johnny again, we went deep into the woods.

This story is about another conversation I had with Johnny Vedmore, which came out really really good—in a very different way from the earlier conversation we had about Klaus Schwab. We went waaaay into the woods! The story comes with additional philosophical thoughts that found me today. If you want to jump straight to the interview first, here it is. We talked about complex and simple truths, and about our respective journeys from pain to joy. Johnny also talked about his and Whitney’s latest work. (I am very intrigued, and I can’t wait to read.)

The thoughts that found me today

You know how sometimes in life you have an important realization, and you incorporate it into your set of lived and spoken values, and then some years pass—and you have that same realization but on a deeper level (sometimes this happens multiple times)? And the words might still be the same but to you, every time, they mean something else?

Well, right now, I am sitting with my jaw dropped after realizing yet…