Jane Jacobs On Privacy

Privacy is precious in cities. It is indispensable. Perhaps it is precious and indispensable everywhere, but most places you cannot get it. In small settlements everyone knows your affairs. In the city everyone does not–only those you choose to tell will know much about you. This is one of the attributes of cities that is [...]

Obsolescence

Anne McAndrews, a 21-year-old marketing major at Emerson College in Boston, says she and her friends almost never talk on the phone. “If I were to call someone, it would have to be urgent,” she says. “Otherwise, it’s sort of rude and invasive.” She takes a social-media marketing class to which Sprint has donated 10 [...]

Of Tavi Gevinson

She seems uninterested in attracting attention beyond the fashion world, and has turned down offers to appear on “Oprah,” the “Tonight Show,” and morning news shows. “It’s so cheesy,” she said. “The ‘Good Morning America’ audience–I guess that’s just not a crowd whose eyes I want on me.” “Tavi Says,” The New Yorker