Humanity Is The Luxury
A first-edition meditation on slowing down, building rooms that hold people, and choosing presence over performance.
By Tracy Roberts · Founder, House of MKaz
Coming soon. Join the waitlist for first notice.
The Story
What it's about
I never intended to write this book. I wrote it because the room kept asking me to.
Over seven years of holding tea, movement, and people in one place, I learned a few things that don't fit on an Instagram square. About presence. About building something that survives the founder. About what people actually need when they walk in tired.
This is that, in long form.
— Tracy
From the Title Chapter
Humanity is the luxury
For a long time I thought luxury meant freedom.
Then I thought luxury meant success.
Then I thought luxury meant having enough money to stop worrying.
I was wrong.
Luxury is walking into a room and feeling safe. Luxury is having people who know your name. Luxury is drinking a cup of tea without rushing. Luxury is being able to hear your own thoughts. Luxury is sleeping through the night. Luxury is a conversation without a screen between you.
Luxury is community. Luxury is presence. Luxury is belonging.
In a world that profits from distraction, presence becomes rebellion. In a culture obsessed with speed, stillness becomes wealth. And in a time where artificial intelligence can imitate almost everything, humanity becomes the rarest thing of all.
Humanity is the luxury.
— from Humanity Is The Luxury by Tracy Roberts
Availability
Where to read it
At the house
Signed first-editions available at the bar starting June 21.
Amazon
Paperback + Kindle — link coming June 21, join the waitlist for first notice.
IngramSpark
Paperback for booksellers — coming June 21.
For Media
Press & media
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