Why do some people think a problem is very common and others think it’s very rare?
Advice for moving to Boston
Neighborhoods, timing, transit.
A week in the life: where time goes with three kids
Tracking sleep, work, time with the kids, and all the rest.
Donations and budgeting, 15 years in
We still donate half, but that looks very different now than it used to.
How to talk with kids about race?
I think some of what I’ve said has backfired.
How to appreciate music more?
How to savor music I already know and discover the best music of the past?
Babies are different from most of our reality
If you proposed our current method of reproduction to a medical ethics board, I assume they would be horrified.
Welcome!
An intro to the blog
What startup founders should think about before having kids
Whether / when / how to make it work
Looking back on “Strangers Drowning”
Overall, MacFarquhar was an extraordinarily careful and in-depth researcher and writer. But a couple of things feel strange to me about the chapter.