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Twitter hadn’t arrived yet, so I went on the online community I had created, OkayPlayer, and asked, “Does anyone know about this guy? It’s one of the best demos I’ve heard since Jill Scott or Slum Village.”

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

Being married changes people’s lifestyles and habits in ways that are personally and socially beneficial. Marriage is a “seedbed” of prosocial behavior.

Shreeda Segan • Dangerous Dating Protocols Web

Andrew picks a vertical (like “travel” or “municipal government”) and immerses himself in every nuance of that industry for a year—he talks to the professionals, learns about their problems, and tries to put himself into their shoes as best he can. After he does this, he devotes himself to booking talks in just that industry.

Tom Webster • The Audience Is Listening: A Little Guide to Building a Big Podcast

although fewer young children die in car accidents in the U.S. now than did about half a century ago, Gill suspects that progress is partly because parents have massively restricted children’s freedoms. That trade-off results in something of a paradox: In cities full of danger, childhood can become too safe.

The Atlantic • Cities Aren’t Built for Kids

when there weren’t workshops, badly peacocked guys from a hundred-mile radius gathered in our living room before going out. At 2:30 A.M., they reconvened at the house—either accompanied by drunk, giggling girls from Orange County, who they brought to the Jacuzzi, the terrace, the closets, and the pillow pit, or empty-handed and breaking down their

Neil Strauss • The Game

The problem today’s daters face is that the mass adoption of online dating apps has not only eroded incentives to switch from explore to exploit mode, it has made exploration itself boring and dysfunctional.

Shreeda Segan • Dangerous Dating Protocols Web

But I see links.net as a model for the kind of website I want to build. The fact that Justin’s consciousness from almost 30 years ago is frozen into the Internet is perhaps the most interesting part of this whole story. Decades later, here I am, reliving his past in detail. His adventure is perhaps fresher in my mind than his, considering I’m the o... See more

Michael Dean • The First Online Writer

And without helping himself to a slice of the songwriting credits, which would have been standard practice. The failure of George Martin to rip them off remains one of the most bizarre elements of their story.

Rob Sheffield • Dreaming the Beatles

A Twist on the Celebrity-Interview Podcast: Add Two Civilians

Jessica M. Goldstein nytimes.com