Best of “How To”: The Infrastructure of Community

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• 00:02

  Hey, it's Megan Garber, one of the co hosts from how to Know what's Real.

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  We're excited to share with you a special series drawn from past seasons of the how to series.

• 00:13

  For the next few weeks, we'll be revisiting episodes around the theme of winding down.

• 00:18

  This episode is from season four, how to Talk to People, and is called the Infrastructure of Community.

• 00:26

  Building a network of friends and support can feel elusive.

• 00:29

  But in this episode, host Julie BAE and producer Becca Rashid investigate how to slow down and build meaningful connections.

• 00:50

  I think what I've observed in public spaces, especially in my neighborhood, is really just a hustle and a bustle and people are going somewhere specific to do something specific with specific people.

• 01:07

  They're sort of on a mission, right?

• 01:10

  Efficiency is the enemy of social life.

• 01:12

  What kind of place would allow us to enjoy our lives and enjoy each other more than we do today?

• 01:26

  You know, people say, like, misery loves company.

• 01:28

  I just.

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  I don't think that is true.

• 01:30

  I think that misery in a lot of ways requires company.

• 01:34

  It requires kinship, it requires community so that you are not isolated in your pain.

• 01:44

  You know, what kinds of things would we need to reorient our society around?

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  I'm Julie Beck, a senior editor at the Atlantic.

• 01:54

  And I'm Becca Rashid, producer of the how to series.

• 01:58

  This is how to talk to people.

• 02:03

  Though I normally am not making a friend.

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