The Nuclear Family Was Never Going to Last
The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.
«Marriage, according to the sociologists Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas, “is no longer primarily about childbearing and childrearing. Now marriage is primarily about adult fulfillment.”»
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«I’ve come to believe that friendship doesn’t always have to be about presence; it can also be about love that can weather absence.»
The Biggest Problem With Remote Work
Companies need a new kind of middle manager: the synchronizer.
«The synchronizer—or, for large companies, a team of synchronizers—would be responsible for solving the new-worker, new-group, and new-idea problems.»
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When addictive behaviors override our desires, it may be a sign to investigate the gap between what we crave and what’s really good for us.
«When addictive behaviors override our desires, it may be a sign to investigate the gap between what we crave and what’s really good for us.»
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