How To Talk About Literally Anything Else

Conversation starters that don’t trigger coronavirus anxiety

Leah Fessler
Forge
Published in
5 min readMar 26, 2020

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TThere’s a spontaneity to social life in quarantine. Just a few weeks ago, before the coronavirus forced us all inside, trying to pin down a dinner with friends could sometimes feel like playing Tetris — and everyone involved knew it would be rescheduled at least twice anyway. But now, hunkered…

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Leah Fessler
Forge

Investor at NextView Ventures. Journalist. Thinking about gender, equality, and pugs. Formerly at Chief, Quartz, Slow, Bridgewater Associates, Middlebury.