Building Community

The last decade has seen a steep drop in adult friendships and a worrying increase in loneliness. Is this the cost of our modern life?

Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good — cooperation.

Many tech leaders think the future of social media is private social networks, not the public squares that previously dominated.

A superblock covers several neighbourhood blocks reserved for shared use by cyclists, walkers, and residents.

With single cells, a communal kitchen, Nordic-like furnishings and a landscaped, outdoor green space, it looks unlike any other U.S. prison.

In his later years, psychologist Abraham Maslow added a new apex to the pyramid of human needs: self-transcendence.

People tend to think they should speak less than half the time to be likable but more than half the time to be interesting.

People see manufactured housing parks as problems. We recognize them as part of the solution to housing crises.

Our economy was designed to exclude and exploit people of color. These entrepreneurs are working to level the scales.