Sunday Desk | When We Stopped Watching Together
On paywalled Olympics, free outrage, and the disappearing spaces where strangers became neighbors
On Thursday, I saw photos of the second family in Milan for the Winter Olympics. My first thought was, “Oh, the Olympics start this weekend.”
On Friday morning at the gym, my coach—armed with his incredible talent for small talk—asked the 6:30 AM class, “Who are you rooting for in the Super Bowl?” I thought, "Oh, the Super Bowl is this Sunday."
I had no i…
