You’ve probably heard of Bowling Alone, the hugely influential 2000 book diagnosing our country’s malaise by Robert Putnam, the Harvard University political scientist. In it, Putnam showed that Americans’ stock of social capital—the fabric of a community’s trust and cooperation—had been plummeting since the 1950s, and that its decline was harming our well-being, personal relationships, […]
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The Shrinking Space Between Home and Work
We’re spending less time in “Third Spaces”—informal gathering spots like coffee shops, bowling alleys, and church basements—that play a big role in civic life and American democracy. How to revive them.
