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If You Ask People to Gather, It Better Be “Freaking Great”.
ByScott Schenker June 9, 2026July 10, 2026

The 2026 World Cup has not yet begun, and already one of its stories is about what it costs to be there. Reuters reported that the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey subpoenaed FIFA over ticketing practices for matches at MetLife Stadium, including concerns about seat categories, high prices, and dynamic pricing. The…

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Belonging Does Not Happen Just Because People Are in the Same Room.
ByScott Schenker June 9, 2026July 10, 2026

The London Festival of Architecture chose a deceptively simple word for its 2026 theme: belonging. Not skyline. Not innovation. Not resilience. Not density, sustainability, mobility, or growth. Belonging. That choice matters because architecture is one of the places where abstract human needs become concrete. A doorway can invite or intimidate. A plaza can linger or…

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Human Beings Are Not Just Social. We Are Relational.
ByScott Schenker June 6, 2026July 17, 2026

One of the more interesting stories in the future-of-work conversation is not that older executives want people back in the office. That story has been told so often it has become predictable. The more interesting story is that some younger workers may want, or at least need, more of the office than we expected. Recent…

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Fans Don’t Just Buy. They Carry the Story.
ByScott Schenker June 6, 2026July 18, 2026

At Taipei’s Bangka Longshan Temple, some BTS fans recently did what people have done for centuries when something mattered more than logic could comfortably hold. They brought offerings. They made wishes. They asked for help. In this case, the help they wanted was not a marriage, a cure, a child, or a safer passage across…

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The $50 Movie Ticket Wasn’t Just About the Movie
ByScott Schenker May 2, 2026July 19, 2026

Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace — one of my favorite programs — got stopped by a number. On a recent episode, Ryssdal and Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Fritz discussed Fritz’s article, “The $50 Movie Ticket Has Arrived.” The example was Regal charging $50 for advance seats to Dune: Part Three in 70mm IMAX —…

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