Deliberate rest goes new places
I'll confess: I didn't write Rest with the aim of it being picked up by people writing on subjects things like executive staffing and book marketing, but that's
“The potential in idleness for greater freedom seems worth the exploration”
University College Dublin philosophy professor Brian O'Connor has a nice piece in Time Magazine about "Why Doing Nothing is One of the Most Important Things You Can Do:"
The key to productivity
It seems to me that one of the simplest rules to follow when doing knowledge work (or symbolic analyzing, or being creative) is this: don't try to work
Rest with Alex Pang, Episode 1: Stephan Aarstol and the five-hour day at Tower Paddleboards
So the first episode of my podcast Rest with Alex Pang is now up: it's an interview with Stephan Aarstol, the founder of pioneering stand-up paddleboard and beach
New podcast episodes coming
I finally managed to push through some mysterious technical issue, and am now in the process of getting my modestly-named podcast listed through iTunes. Which is good, since
A new podcast: Rest with Alex Pang
Yep, I'm starting a podcast. The paperback edition of my book is coming out in a couple days (in the US, that is-- it came out in the
In Squaw Valley
I’m at Squaw Valley for the Gruter Institute conference, giving a talk about the future of work. It’s a very intersting time, and not just because it’s up
‘The anthropologist’s role is to take things that seem natural and point out that they’re not”
In These Times interviews LSE professor David Graeber, author of the new book Bullshit Jobs: A Theory. As he explains it, "A bullshit job is a job that
Esports and the rise of training facilities: Even professional gamers need breaks
not the esports training center in the article The Washington Post has an article about how esports franchises are starting to build training facilities for teams that offers
Interview on Psychologists Off the Clock
The latest episode of the “Psychologists Off the Clock” podcast features a conversation between me and Brown University psychologist Yael Schonbrun, in which we talk about deliberate rest,