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Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century

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Gerald N. Rosenberg • The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? Second Edition (American Politics and Political Economy Series)

According to research led by Yale psychologist Margaret Clark, most people act like givers in close relationships. In marriages and friendships, we contribute whenever we can without keeping score.

Adam M. Grant Ph.D. • Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

To be sure, we’re seeing the erosion of the ideal of an employee whose family responsibilities are kept tastefully out of sight.

Joan C. Williams • The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”

As a twentysomething, life is still more about potential than proof.

Meg Jay • The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now

And so, our initial impressions tend to hold an outsized impact, no matter the evidence that may follow.

Maria Konnikova • Mastermind

Young employees will want to know: What coverage is available for mental health

David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

If consensus meant accuracy, there would be no fraudulent financial management—we’d give money only to trustworthy, competent people. No psychopathic encounters—we’d be able to see a psychopath a mile off and avoid him. No friendships or relationships gone awry because we were charmed by charisma that proved illusory.