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Family

It Is Tuesday

the idea behind The Grand Matriarchy (Book 1) The one-line idea: The grandmother-centered family isn't a relic from a sepia photograph. Somewhere right now — this ordinary Tuesday…

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Generosity

Generosity Is Not Charity

the idea behind The Grand Matriarchy: Generosity (Book 4) The one-line idea: Charity flows one way and runs dry. Generosity circulates — and the more it moves, the…

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Ideas

You Outsourced Your Village. On Purpose.

the idea behind The Grand Matriarchy (Book 1) The one-line idea: You didn't lose the village. You unbundled it — and bought it back one app at a…

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Science

The Two-Billion-Year-Old Grandmother

the idea behind The Grand Matriarchy (Book 1) The one-line idea: You are not the first species to depend on an old female who no longer breeds. Killer…

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