Interviews & Commentary

Interviews & Commentary features conversations, perspectives, and opinion pieces related to blogging and digital publishing. It highlights the voices behind the work, including bloggers, writers, editors, and industry participants.

The goal is thoughtful commentary that reflects the community and the evolving realities of publishing on the web.

Psychology says people who reach their 60s without a large circle of friends aren’t lonely — they’re the ones who figured out the one relationship truth that emotionally intelligent people swear by, which is that one person who truly sees you is worth more than a hundred people who only know your name

Psychology says people who become harder to be around as they get older aren’t becoming mean — they’re becoming less willing to absorb other people’s discomfort at the expense of their own, and that’s a skill most people mistake for bitterness

Researchers studying late-life wellbeing have found that one of the deepest sources of joy is not just being loved, healthy, or financially secure — it is still feeling useful to someone else

Gottman’s most overlooked finding: 69% of what couples fight about never gets resolved — and the ones who last have made peace with that

10 vanished summer jobs that taught a generation more about people than any office ever has