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Why being stuck at home – and unable to hang out in cafes and bars – drains our creativity

  • Written by Korydon Smith, Professor of Architecture and Associate Director of Global Health Equity, University at Buffalo
Why being stuck at home – and unable to hang out in cafes and bars – drains our creativityBy encouraging random encounters and free-flowing conversation, coffee shops are engines of innovation.Hulton Archive/Stringer via Getty Images

While the pandemic has caused thousands of small businesses to temporarily close or shutter for good, the disappearance of the corner coffee shop means more than lost wages.

It also represents a collective...

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