Mailbag: On Vulnerability and Going Feral

Another mailbag roundup is in the works, but there was one question that I thought needed its own post, mostly because I started writing the answer and it got quickly out of hand, and then it got more out of hand, and now it’s…this.

This question came over email, so I’m keeping it anonymous:

At the beginning of this semester (I’m a first year in the Maste…