See How Far We've Come
In the 1970s, boarding a commercial flight meant dressing up, sitting down to a hot meal, and paying what would be thousands of dollars in today's money. Somewhere between then and now, flying stopped being an occasion and became something closer to a bus ride with wings. The question is whether that trade-off was actually worth it.
Mar 13, 2026
Before GPS and Google Maps, a cross-country road trip meant folding a map badly, stopping at gas stations for directions, and occasionally just being lost — sometimes for hours. It sounds chaotic. In a lot of ways, it was. But something about navigating without a safety net made the journey feel like it actually meant something.
Mar 13, 2026
Forty years ago, most Americans left work at work. There was no after-hours email, no Slack ping at 9pm, no blurred line between the kitchen table and the conference room. Today's workday is more flexible than anything workers in the 1980s could have imagined — but flexibility and freedom aren't always the same thing.
Mar 13, 2026