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But I love humanity. And what is humanity? Humanity is not what's in us. It's what's between us. When do you feel humanity in your life?

But I love humanity. And what is humanity? Humanity is not what's in us. It's what's between us. When do you feel humanity in your life?

When you have that incredibly intimate conversation with a total stranger, like we used to be four phones and you're walking on the street or with a taxi cab driver before we were all lost in our phones, in the elevator or on the airplane or in that random moment where you had this conversation with someone and you sense a greater sense of us, whatever that means, you're not alone and you get a sense of this connection to humanity or you're in a sports team.

When you have that incredibly intimate conversation with a total stranger, like we used to be four phones and you're walking on the street or with a taxi cab driver before we were all lost in our phones, in the elevator or on the airplane or in that random moment where you had this conversation with someone and you sense a greater sense of us, whatever that means, you're not alone and you get a sense of this connection to humanity or you're in a sports team.

and you're all striving for the goal and you win or you lose and you sense this sense of connection, coherence with other people, or you're in the business team and you're struggling to hit a quarter or something or to get the product out in time or to make an incredible video game, whatever it is, and you succeed and you look at each other in the trenches, there's that sense of connection that there's something that we're doing together that we can't do alone.

and you're all striving for the goal and you win or you lose and you sense this sense of connection, coherence with other people, or you're in the business team and you're struggling to hit a quarter or something or to get the product out in time or to make an incredible video game, whatever it is, and you succeed and you look at each other in the trenches, there's that sense of connection that there's something that we're doing together that we can't do alone.

That's a sense of humanity. Or in your relationship, you get in a big fight with your partner. You don't even want to talk to them. And you explode and you have a conversation. And at the end of it, you come back together and you sense, you know what, we're stronger. I'm not alone in this journey of life.

That's a sense of humanity. Or in your relationship, you get in a big fight with your partner. You don't even want to talk to them. And you explode and you have a conversation. And at the end of it, you come back together and you sense, you know what, we're stronger. I'm not alone in this journey of life.

That sense, all this sentiment of coherence, resonance with other people because you're on a common journey. You're sharing an experience, albeit unique to each one of us. That's what humanity is to me, and I love it. It gives me a sense of greater amplification of what it means to be alive. And so that drew my interest into the end, which was, what's the end?

That sense, all this sentiment of coherence, resonance with other people because you're on a common journey. You're sharing an experience, albeit unique to each one of us. That's what humanity is to me, and I love it. It gives me a sense of greater amplification of what it means to be alive. And so that drew my interest into the end, which was, what's the end?

The end is about the space between, because a relationship is not you or I, us or them. It's you and I, us and them. It's the and that connects us. It's the and where humanity lives. So how do we cultivate that? How do we illuminate that? And that's what we've been able to do with the and because we bring people to a room, put them facing each other. We film it with three cameras.

The end is about the space between, because a relationship is not you or I, us or them. It's you and I, us and them. It's the and that connects us. It's the and where humanity lives. So how do we cultivate that? How do we illuminate that? And that's what we've been able to do with the and because we bring people to a room, put them facing each other. We film it with three cameras.

And for anyone listening, just go check us out on YouTube or TikTok or Instagram, wherever. And you'll see moments where people are faced and we show you both their faces at the same time. And that's what's important. It's both faces at the same time.

And for anyone listening, just go check us out on YouTube or TikTok or Instagram, wherever. And you'll see moments where people are faced and we show you both their faces at the same time. And that's what's important. It's both faces at the same time.

And we can talk about why that's important because very little footage these days of any type of media content, you never see both the speaker and the listener at the same time. Here we are showing you both because we're saying it's not just the listener that's as important as the speaker. It's both. Because everything we watch is just the speaker. You always see the person speaking.

And we can talk about why that's important because very little footage these days of any type of media content, you never see both the speaker and the listener at the same time. Here we are showing you both because we're saying it's not just the listener that's as important as the speaker. It's both. Because everything we watch is just the speaker. You always see the person speaking.

Anyhow, long story short, that's the end. And to me, that cultivates the thing I love so much, which is humanity. And the privileged position I've had from watching that is, oh, I have over 1,200 data points, 1,250 data points over 11 years now, is how do you create the space to have these type of conversations that illuminate our shared humanity?

Anyhow, long story short, that's the end. And to me, that cultivates the thing I love so much, which is humanity. And the privileged position I've had from watching that is, oh, I have over 1,200 data points, 1,250 data points over 11 years now, is how do you create the space to have these type of conversations that illuminate our shared humanity?

Before we go there, I just want to frame it. It's not that it's about having hard conversations. I would suggest a formula like this. And you hear Esther Perel, who's, you know, the incredible thought leader in the space of relationships. She says, the quality of your life is commensurate to the quality of your relationships, right?

Before we go there, I just want to frame it. It's not that it's about having hard conversations. I would suggest a formula like this. And you hear Esther Perel, who's, you know, the incredible thought leader in the space of relationships. She says, the quality of your life is commensurate to the quality of your relationships, right?