The Value of Commenting

This will appear in the October 1, 2026, edition of the weekly project instruction announcement email for the Disquiet Junto. I hope this note finds you well. There are still three full months left in the year, or just under by a few hours by the time you receive this, and yet that proximity can make the year feel almost over: when the end is in view. I am not one to rush time, quite the contrary, and as someone with a tendency to listen to slow, enveloping music, the inclination grows stronger as the days shorten. At the same time, I am excited about the end of 2026, because the first week of 2027 will mark the 15th anniversary of the Disquiet Junto — and the year will mark the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s original Junto, which of course inspired our own. While I have you, I want to encourage everyone involved in the Disquiet Junto to, to the extent they’ve comfortable doing so, comment on each other’s work each week. The reason I don’t, myself, do so very often is…