Snapshot · Modern Wisdom
After filming in the hoods of Karachi and slums of India, Peter Santenello says Kensington, Philadelphia is the single most disheartening place he has visited — not due to poverty but due to how it's being handled.
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Between 2003 and 2020, Americans accumulated roughly 24 extra hours per month spent alone — the equivalent of a part-time job's worth of isolation, and that's before the pandemic.
Median age at first marriage climbed from 21 (women) and 23 (men) in the 1970s to nearly 29 (women) and 30 (men) today — a rise of 6–8 years per gender, extending the 'emerging adulthood' liminal phase.
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