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essay #3 · may 20, 2026 · substack
the third one. maya vs. wysa.
wysa is the closest competitor to what i'm building. text chat, AI, NHS-endorsed. the post where my critique should have fallen apart. it didn't.
open letter · may 20, 2026
to david ko, ceo of calm.
carly broke her 47-day streak. calm sent her an email suggesting a 3-minute meditation. she cried in the bathroom and deleted calm. an open letter asking calm to build a 5-million-carly mode.
open letter · may 22, 2026
to russell glass, ceo of headspace.
ebb's response to carly was empathetic, validated, offered a 10-minute routine. it was also the thing that broke her. an open letter asking headspace to ship an "off-duty mode."