As Elon Musk continues to clear ascending levels of diabolical madness, many Twitter users are understandably disgusted with the whole thing and looking for alternatives. Many are flocking to Bluesky, an initiative of Jack Dorsey, the original creator and CEO of Twitter.

There are several reasons why I have started this writing project by focusing on the story of the Dalai Lama: for one thing, it's a great story and I love stories! But also, there are lessons here about politics: about power, how to allocate it, and what to do with it, a topic that I always seem to keep coming back to these days.