Member Exclusive: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Bored (*Audio)

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Member Exclusive: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Bored (*Audio)

The calcification of creativity and competition.

Apr 01, 2026

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I spent 45 years at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, long enough to love it, and long enough to watch it calcify. When #MeToo arrived in 2017, it surfaced real grievances. But it didn't stop ther…

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