It’s becoming increasingly possible to live where you work. Tiki looks at the rise of “co-living” spaces springing up in cities all over the U.S.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
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Why Big Food Is Feasting on ‘Natural’ Startups
Fortune writer Beth Kowitt reports on the packaged-food industry’s response to an existential crisis: Shoppers are seeking alternatives they deem healthier and more authentic than legacy brands. In addition to selling fruit and veggie drinks, Bolthouse grows and packages fresh carrots—an old-fashioned, weather-sensitive farming business that Morrison suspected would be a turnoff for any packaged-goods […]
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Doughnuts, Witches and Start-Ups: Five Stories About Secret Subcultures
What makes a secret society? Is it the codes and the handshakes, the physical language?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why Homejoy Failed
Can home cleaning services be Uber-ified? How a promising startup grew fast and failed hard.
Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
A Sociology of the Smartphone
Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.
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Longreads Turns Seven Years Old: Unfinished Business
I’m quite proud of what this community has accomplished.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Doughnuts, Witches and Start-Ups: Five Stories About Secret Subcultures
What makes a secret society? Is it the codes and the handshakes, the physical language?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Reddit: A Nine-Year Case Study in Absentee Management
In 2006, Condé Nast bought a promising information-sharing and online-discussion startup called Reddit. Then they more or less ignored the site, letting it evolve into one of the least manageable media properties on the Internet.
