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I'm having trouble understanding what the author means by "context" in this article. It seems to mean "your location within your network of people"?
by tarr11 4y ago
I'm having trouble understanding what the author means by "context" in this article.
It seems to mean "your location within your network of people"?
- Kortaggio 4y agoHi! Author here. I'll admit I struggled to find a more precise word than "context". What I mean is that a friendship is not the 1:1 interaction you have with your friend, but that friend's omni-directional interaction with every other friend. Their location within a network is one way of putting it. In other words, their entanglements in your web of mutual commitments, shared history, and collective responsibility.
- prawn 4y agoMaybe think of it like a shared challenge. You might be going through parenting together, or starting a business or some path through life that you have in common.