We're not really monogamists. We're romantic institutionalists.
Financially speaking, we've got systems not convictions.
There’s been a professional prestige inversion and it makes it hard to talk about what we do all day.
You can't gaslight us. But we can gaslight you.
Having money doesn't mean that you're good with it.
Man, we really don't like ourselves.
Most of us get a leg up. But that's not really the thing that matters.
For people with no time on their hands, getting dirt under their fingernails is a way of reclaiming the land they already own. Also, making pesto.
As ambitious people start to make money, they go all in on non-fiction. As they start to have money, they go searching for more human stories.
Success doesn't always mean upward mobility.
For members of the productive professional class, anything that isn't optimized can feel like an indulgence. It's why friction feels like warmth.
For the group of Americans most likely to stay married, fights are shockingly rare and often exceedingly fast. But when they aren't... hoo boy.
When everything is optimized, friction feels like warmth.
True status symbols aren’t about communicating wealth. They're about choosing a team and implying that you're the captain.
Most of us lie (just a little), tell jokes that double as confessions, and assume hardship is less awkward to bring up than genuine hard work.
