The New York Times:

To maximize the family’s income but still keep the children alive, it’s logical for one parent to take an intensive job and the other to take a less demanding one, she said. “It just so happens that in most couples, if there’s a woman and a man, the woman takes the back seat.”

Heel herkenbaar verhaal, ook al is dit Amerikaans en is bij ons het sociaal systeem heel anders. Toch blijkt uit onderzoek in hetzelfde artikel:

In European countries, with more family-friendly policies, women are likelier to work than they are in the United States — but they’re even less likely to reach senior levels.

Hier thuis hebben we de rekening ook gemaakt toen onze dochter eraan kwam. De vriendin besloot 4/5e te gaan werken aan de unief, terwijl ik mijn ontzettend intensieve job bij Groen achterliet om (echt 38 uren) voltijds aan ongeveer 2/3e van het loon te gaan werken bij VSK. Allebei wat terugschroeven, omdat ik niet zoals mijn vader wou zijn, of zoals de man in het artikel:

“I think I’d be happier in life if I was home more with my children and if I didn’t have the same stress at work,” he said, “but I think this was the best decision for our family.”

Wat minder luxe en uitspattingen, wat meer witte producten en gratis uitstapjes, dat heb ik er heel graag voor over. Maar ook bij ons toch een glimp van dat klassieke patroon van de vrouw die vaker thuis is voor de kinderen, net zoals bij ongeveer elk koppel dat we kennen…

George R.R. Martin, de schrijver zelf:

It’s kind of ironic because I started writing “Game of Thrones” all the way back in 1991, long before anybody was talking about climate change. But there is — in a very broad sense — there’s a certain parallel there. And the people in Westeros are fighting their individual battles over power and status and wealth. And those are so distracting them that they’re ignoring the threat of “winter is coming,” which has the potential to destroy all of them and to destroy their world.

And there is a great parallel there to, I think, what I see this planet doing here, where we’re fighting our own battles. We’re fighting over issues, important issues, mind you — foreign policy, domestic policy, civil rights, social responsibility, social justice. All of these things are important. (…) But none of them are important if, like, we’re dead and our cities are under the ocean. So really, climate change should be the number one priority for any politician who is capable of looking past the next election. But unfortunately, there are only a handful of those.

Brian Dooley:

The lesson for the left is that while it matters who you choose as your leader, and how you organise with other progressives, what’s really important is how you engage with those who voted against you.

Hoera! Marco Arment:

One of the most common shortcomings we hear is that podcasts are hard to share. Hopefully, Overcast’s new clip-sharing feature changes that, and other apps build similar features soon.

Interessante iPhone-app:

One simple and efficient way to make privacy approachable is to design a universal interface to manage all your privacy needs in one place.

Alweer een topaflevering van ‘Without Fail’:

Dave Morin’s love for the internet began when he was a geeky kid in Montana. By his early 20s, it had led him to Apple and then to Facebook, where he became employee number 29. He helped the company innovate, pursuing a deeply-held mission: letting people be themselves and share their lives on the internet. But when Facebook began to shift, deprioritizing user privacy, Dave left the company. And he tried to create his own social media utopia.

Dat is de man achter Path.