Derek Thompson

Lots of his studies, including some randomized studies, seem to find that people, even introverts, are made much happier by these brief encounters in our lives with people on a train or the clerks in the store that we're visiting than And what I think is really profound about that mistake that we're making is that, yes, maybe it's just a 15-minute conversation with someone on a train.

Lots of his studies, including some randomized studies, seem to find that people, even introverts, are made much happier by these brief encounters in our lives with people on a train or the clerks in the store that we're visiting than And what I think is really profound about that mistake that we're making is that, yes, maybe it's just a 15-minute conversation with someone on a train.

Or maybe it's just a 10-minute conversation with someone in a store. And all that's improving is just the little experience of that little 10 minutes. Well, life is just one 10-minute experience after another. That's all it is. That's true. The way you live your minutes is the way you live your decades.

Or maybe it's just a 10-minute conversation with someone in a store. And all that's improving is just the little experience of that little 10 minutes. Well, life is just one 10-minute experience after another. That's all it is. That's true. The way you live your minutes is the way you live your decades.

Or maybe it's just a 10-minute conversation with someone in a store. And all that's improving is just the little experience of that little 10 minutes. Well, life is just one 10-minute experience after another. That's all it is. That's true. The way you live your minutes is the way you live your decades.

And I think that it's really important to remember that these little social experiments that we do, these little bits of socializing that we experience, they can be really beautiful. They can really beautifully transform our experience that day and people around us. And so I do think that you don't want to underrate the power of these small little gestures.

And I think that it's really important to remember that these little social experiments that we do, these little bits of socializing that we experience, they can be really beautiful. They can really beautifully transform our experience that day and people around us. And so I do think that you don't want to underrate the power of these small little gestures.

And I think that it's really important to remember that these little social experiments that we do, these little bits of socializing that we experience, they can be really beautiful. They can really beautifully transform our experience that day and people around us. And so I do think that you don't want to underrate the power of these small little gestures.

This is a really big and important question, and I'll start by answering it this way. I work from home. I support working from home. I wish that more companies had more flexibility about work from home. But I try to not lie to myself about the costs of or even the effects of working from home. There are days where I just don't see people outside of my family at all.

This is a really big and important question, and I'll start by answering it this way. I work from home. I support working from home. I wish that more companies had more flexibility about work from home. But I try to not lie to myself about the costs of or even the effects of working from home. There are days where I just don't see people outside of my family at all.

This is a really big and important question, and I'll start by answering it this way. I work from home. I support working from home. I wish that more companies had more flexibility about work from home. But I try to not lie to myself about the costs of or even the effects of working from home. There are days where I just don't see people outside of my family at all.

And of course, homebound life means more time with the people that I love. It means more time with my family. It also has a cost. It means I see the world less. I'm around other people less. I feel a little bit lonely. And not lonely in a healthy way where it's easily discharged and I just go out and see people. I spend more time of chosen aloneness day after day after day.

And of course, homebound life means more time with the people that I love. It means more time with my family. It also has a cost. It means I see the world less. I'm around other people less. I feel a little bit lonely. And not lonely in a healthy way where it's easily discharged and I just go out and see people. I spend more time of chosen aloneness day after day after day.

And of course, homebound life means more time with the people that I love. It means more time with my family. It also has a cost. It means I see the world less. I'm around other people less. I feel a little bit lonely. And not lonely in a healthy way where it's easily discharged and I just go out and see people. I spend more time of chosen aloneness day after day after day.

I recognize these own costs in my life. And I think that we need to recognize that just as offices are an invention of the 19th century that did one thing well, getting white-collar workers together, and did many other things poorly, for example, requiring long commutes. Work from home is another technology. And every technology has both the rose and the thorns.

I recognize these own costs in my life. And I think that we need to recognize that just as offices are an invention of the 19th century that did one thing well, getting white-collar workers together, and did many other things poorly, for example, requiring long commutes. Work from home is another technology. And every technology has both the rose and the thorns.

I recognize these own costs in my life. And I think that we need to recognize that just as offices are an invention of the 19th century that did one thing well, getting white-collar workers together, and did many other things poorly, for example, requiring long commutes. Work from home is another technology. And every technology has both the rose and the thorns.

It does some things very well, such as reducing commute time and giving people more flexibility over their lives. But it does other things terribly, like getting people around other people with whom they might have wonderful conversations. Some companies I think that do this really wonderfully, Pure Remote, often will build into their weeks mandatory ritualistic hangouts.

It does some things very well, such as reducing commute time and giving people more flexibility over their lives. But it does other things terribly, like getting people around other people with whom they might have wonderful conversations. Some companies I think that do this really wonderfully, Pure Remote, often will build into their weeks mandatory ritualistic hangouts.

It does some things very well, such as reducing commute time and giving people more flexibility over their lives. But it does other things terribly, like getting people around other people with whom they might have wonderful conversations. Some companies I think that do this really wonderfully, Pure Remote, often will build into their weeks mandatory ritualistic hangouts.