Dinner Parties and The Value of Story

What happened to the dinner party? And what's the value of storytelling? [16:38]

This week, Aaron and Joey talk about Betty Draper, "instagram tables," the only reason we clean, "narrative economics," seed libraries, and data translation. They don't talk about Ina, though she really deserves a mention for her venerable dinner hosting prowess.

references

  • Vox on the status of the dinner party

  • WaPo: "The world's top economists just made the case for why we still need english majors"