Being Alone Together
Two recent New York Times articles, "Alone Again, Naturally" by Dominique Browning and "One's a Crowd" by Eric Klinenberg, extol the virtues and perks of living alone. While Browning theorized that women have an easier time living alone than men, Klinenberg noted that in the developed world, both more men and women are choosing to live alone, and are loving it. In prosperous societies, where social media is common, social lives are affordable and accessible, and families are no longer a financial necessity, is the era of communal living over and done? If so, are we losing our ability to be intimate, or are we simply evolving into creatures with different needs?
공동체적 생활의 시대는 완전히 끝났나요? 만약 그렇다면, 우리는 친밀해지는 능력을 잃고 있나요? 아니면
우리는 단순히 다른 필요을 갖고 있는 존재로 진화하는 중인가요?
* A New American Experiment
We're not all going nuclear anymore. The results can be far more fulfilling.
* One Person Sharpens Another
Sharing all of life with another person is difficult – but it matures us.
* Man, I Need a Good Cuddle
What I look forward to most every day is holding my wife at night.
* Finding Solitude in a House Share
Can living styles be fluid, like our modern paradigm of multiple careers?
* Social Media as Community
The constant feed from our online social circles is the modern front porch.
* The Best of Both Worlds
Intimate relationships do not necessarily translate into living together.
