# Smarter, simpler, happier

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2020-10-15
**Categories:** alex-feldman, book, diana-lind, new-york-times, single-family-housing, urbanism
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/smarter%2C-simpler%2C-happier

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https://twitter.com/donnelly_b/status/1316229179369828357?s=20 A good friend of mine in Philadelphia just recommended a new book to me by Diana Lind called, Brave New Home: Our Future in Smarter, Simpler, Happier Housing. I haven't read it yet, so I can't in good conscience recommend it to you all or comment with any sort of precision. But the New York Times seems to think that Diana has convincingly argued that the single-family home is at least partially to blame for a whole host of our societal challenges -- everything from economic inequality to loneliness. This is, of course, not an entirely new narrative. But it is perhaps a timely read given that we are living through a period of time where loneliness seems to be on the rise and people are allegedly fleeing our urban centers in search of space and distance.

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