The Linear Life Is Dead

Bestselling author Bruce Feiler finds the idea of life as one straight path ‘preposterously behind the times’

Nir Eyal
Forge
Published in
6 min readOct 14, 2020

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Illustration timeline that says long goodbye, messy middle, and new beginning.
Illustrations: Fru Pinter

When we hear the words “life transition,” we often think of the obvious shifts — new careers, marriages, big birthdays. But Bruce Feiler, a TED Talk veteran and seven-time bestselling author, believes this conception is far too narrow. Feiler…

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Nir Eyal
Forge
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