@deboraspar
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Ultimately the underlying force that is rearranging the contours of marriage is technology. Debora L. Spar (@deboraspar) and Aryanna Garber on whether marriage has a future: thenewatlantis.com/publicati…

Debora L. Spar and Aryanna Garber

From the Industrial Revolution to the pill to AI girlfriends, technology is unbundling what used to be marriage’s package deal.

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Curious about the fate of marriage? And how technology is reshaping it? Here’s my new piece with Aryanna Garber
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@tnajournal16 Jul 2025
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Ultimately the underlying force that is rearranging the contours of marriage is technology. Debora L. Spar (@deboraspar) and Aryanna Garber on whether marriage has a future: thenewatlantis.com/publicati…

Debora L. Spar and Aryanna Garber

From the Industrial Revolution to the pill to AI girlfriends, technology is unbundling what used to be marriage’s package deal.

thenewatlantis.com
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Can @northvolt make greener batteries for a better world and a bigger profit? In this episode of #ColdCall, @GeorgeSerafeim discusses what it takes to scale a business with the aim of providing a climate solution: hbs.me/cc-northvolt
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What voice should society have in governing the new technologies that firms create? In the latest episode of #ColdCall, @deboraspar debates these questions in the case “Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams.” hbs.me/cc-martine

How Martine Rothblatt Started a Company to Save Her Daughter

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Delighted to share this Cold Call episode about the amazing Martine Rothblatt — who started a company to save her daughter’s life and created one of the country’s most successful firms in the process. #hbs hbs.edu/about/video.aspx?v=1…
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Is innovation inherently equitable? Think about the agricultural or industrial revolutions before you answer. And listen to this conversation I had with Ontario Pay Equity’s Kadie Ward. #LevelThePlayingField via #spreaker spreaker.com/user/16820784/t…
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President Clayton Rose sent this message to the Bowdoin community regarding Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, a member of the Class of 2017, in the wake of his expulsion Thursday from the Tennessee House of Representatives. bit.ly/3UfjoKh
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tennessee: “You ban books, you ban drag— kids are still in body bags.”
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LETS GET #TenneseeThree TRENDING TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE THREE LEGISLATORS THE TENNESSEE GOP IS ATTEMPTING TO GET EXPELLED FOR STANDING WITH THE STUDENTS DEMANDING GUN REFORM Tweet #TenneseeThree Tweet #TenneseeThree Tweet #TenneseeThree
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Such an incredible privilege to accompany @arthurbrooks and listen to and learn from His Holiness, the @DalaiLama. #leadership #happiness
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Tim Lomas@drtimlomas30 Mar 2023
I was honoured to join @arthurbrooks (@Kennedy_School) & @deboraspar (@HarvardHBS) for a session on #happiness & #leadership, asking His Holiness for his wisdom & insights on these topics. His answers were very beautiful and inspiring. Hopefully we'll have a video to share soon🙏
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Loved this opportunity to talk with the extraordinary Robin Morgan about how capitalism has shaped women’s lives, for both better and worse. ⁦@WMCLive⁩ womensmediacenter.com/wmcliv…

WMC Live #404: Rethinking Thinking. (Original Airdate: 3/26/2023) - Women’s Media Center

Robin takes a dive into redefinitions of concepts we think we already know—from Buddhist nuns and kung fu to time itself. Special Guest: Debora Spar, expert on technology, future societies, and women.

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So excited to be part of the ⁦@Kennedy_School⁩ Summit on Leadership and Happiness in Dharamsala. Extraordinary place; amazing wisdom. #hks #hbs ⁦@arthurbrooks⁩
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I've been fascinated with Sweden's distinctive model of capitalism for several decades now. Finally had a chance to write about it: Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis - HBS Working Knowledge - via @HBSWK hbswk.hbs.edu/item/is-sweden…

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis | Working Knowledge

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Excited to see our research with @BrningGlsInst on apprenticeships featured by NYT. Kudos to @mattsigelman and @Burning_Glass colleagues. Expanded talent pipelines critical to competitiveness and creating opportunity @HarvardHBS #skills #opportunity #DEI nytimes.com/2023/01/28/opini…

Opinion | See Workers as Workers, Not as a College Credential (Published 2023)

Eliminating the college degree requirement for state government jobs is both good policy and good leadership.

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Tyre Nichols said simply, “I’m just trying to get home.”  We all are.  And home has never felt further away.  I grieve for Tyre, his family, our community, and our nation. We must do more to fulfill our responsibility to realize justice for all in America.
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Pathways to Business is a free, online experience that features Black, Latinx, and underrepresented minority business leaders. To learn more contact Michele Reynolds, [email protected] | Website: pathways.hbs.edu | @online_HBS
Pathways to Business: A New Look at Leadership and Innovation

ALT Pathways to Business: A New Look at Leadership and Innovation

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The winner of the 2022 George R. Terry Book Award was "Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business," authored by @julie_battilana and Tiziana Casciaro. Read the full write-up on the authors here: bit.ly/3PMqcfS
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These gentleman give us hope.
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This time last year I was on the kitchen cabinet calls every Thursday morning at 9 AM from my dining hall working to send March For Our Lives first national organizing Director @MaxwellFrostFL to congress. Now he’s at Harvard for freshman orientation for new members.
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