Listen: The Infrastructure of Community

“Coffee shops, churches, libraries, and concert venues are all shared spaces where mingling can take place. Yet the hustle and bustle of modern social life can pose challenges to relationship-building—even in spaces designed for exactly that.”

In this episode of How to Talk to People, they “analyze how American efficiency culture holds us back from connecting in public, whether social spaces create a culture of interaction, and what it takes to actively participate in a community.”

Makes me think of grocery stores…can they be a third space? Or are we always going to want to just get in, get out, hood up, sunglasses on (Nantucket, I know you feel me on this one…)