Attention Economy


Saturday, January 11, 2025

Relationship Recession

The relationship recession is going global
https://www.ft.com/content/43e2b4f6-5ab7-4c47-b9fd-d611c36dad74 
The central demographic story of modern times is not just declining rates of childbearing but rising rates of singledom: a much more fundamental shift in the nature of modern societies.
 
For richer, for poorer: the changing finances of divorce
https://www.ft.com/content/57a69d2f-0c87-4704-a23d-ecc1dc75d268
Budget changes make navigating the economic dynamics of relationships more taxing.
 
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.