Adam Lewis

The more you create, the more powerful you become. The more you consume, the more powerful others become.

The term, which was coined by the sociologist Ray Oldenburg in the 1980s, essentially refers to a physical location other than work or home where there’s little to no financial barrier to entry and where conversation is the primary activity. The historical examples that Oldenburg cites in his book The Great Good Place include French cafés, German A... See more

what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation