"Loyalty is perhaps best expressed in empty microgestures, bubbles of nothing, inside the volatile microclimate of family life and also inside the microcosm of friendship. 'Tell me every pointless detail,' you say to your kid or your spouse or your true friend. 'Let’s do something absolutely worthless together,' you murmur over a drink that ideally has froth on top of it."
I wrote about Elon Musk and how we all deserve a gaggle of sycophants to get us through the day.