Technologies of the self, No. 5.

Technology digitalizes everything, conveys information in 1’s and 0’s. So does the technology of the self. It conveys its message in the digits of our hands and the spaces between. Its language is that of opening and of that most profound word “let.” Today if you would be a blessing, let your hand come to another, let it rest there, and let it open. I have on many occasions practiced this language on the subway stairs of New York City, giving the person in front of me a needed assist up and never been rebuked. Let! Let my people grow.