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What this is

Cut to the Core is a small set of essays, a quote corner and a reading list for people who prefer truth before comfort. It is written by B. Myriel, a pen name, and it will stay one: the point is to be able to say the true thing plainly, not to be found.

The name means two things at once: cutting through the noise to what is actually true, and admitting that growth runs through hard things, not around them. The essays were written out of a hard season, not about one from a distance.

Nothing here is sold, and nothing is collected from you. Visits are counted by HopperLabs' own analytics on its own server, and by no one else. No page here carries a date, on purpose.

Start with why we cut to the core.