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Imagine slipping on a pair of glasses that let you see the full life story of every person you pass on the street. Not a virtual reality headset — but something more powerful: an understanding of trauma and how it shapes the people around us.
You might look differently at the parent yelling harshly at their child in the grocery store. Or the man popping wheelies on a motorcycle as though life means nothing. Two young men fighting outside a bar. Someone lighting a cigarette or slipping into a cycle of drug use. Prostitutes working the street at night…