Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future. Jill Lepore cherishconservatismdirection Change image and share on social
In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world. Jill Lepore citizenkindergartenlearn Change image and share on social
Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular. Jill Lepore affairarisebind Change image and share on social
I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer. Jill Lepore kindnecessarilywant Change image and share on social
'Doctor Who' began as family television: a show that kids and their parents and grandparents can all watch, maybe even together, on the sofa. Jill Lepore begindoctorfamily Change image and share on social
Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves. Jill Lepore privacysecrecy Change image and share on social
Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive. Jill Lepore archivefolkloregeneration Change image and share on social
Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up. Jill Lepore adolescenceartifactcitizen Change image and share on social
We have discharged one generation of debtors after another, but we do not find that their numbers lessen. We find only that we forget, when times are good, that times were ever bad. Jill Lepore baddebtordischarge Change image and share on social
As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single individual, the less skill it requires, and the less likely the possibility that doing it well will lead to doing something more interesting and better paid. Jill Lepore assemblyassignfactory share on social
