Donkey Kong and the limits of neuroscience
Eric Jonas and Konrad Kording wondered, what would happen if they studied the chip in the style of neuroscientists? How would the approaches that are being used to
“Let us be lazy in everything”
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy. (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Paul Lafargue on working hours and factory productivity: Less is more
I started reading Paul Lafargue’s 1883 pamphlet The Right to Be Lazy a couple days ago. Lafargue was a Cuban-born French writer, a wealthy plantation owner’s son who got
Greyscale your smartphone screen to make it less compelling
I hadn’t heard of this idea until this Atlantic video from James Hamblin:
“Getting enough sleep… [is] a question of going to bed in the right neighborhood, and in the right body”
“Sleep is one of humanity’s great unifiers,” writes Huffington in one of her many articles about sleep. But while the need for sleep may be one of humanity’s
“Our epoch has been called the century of work. It is in fact the century of pain, misery and corruption”
A strange delusion possesses the working classes of the nations where capitalist civilization holds its sway. This delusion drags in its train the individual and social woes which
“What do I want to do more of with my nonworking time?”
Good advice from Laura Vanderkam: Instead of resolving to achieve work–life balance, it’s better to ask this question: What do I want to do more of with my
“Our philosophy is that the rest is as important as the work”
Bonnie Crater, CEO of marketing company Full Circle Insights and a Silicon Valley veteran, says, “My whole life I’ve probably worked typically 40-50 hours a week.” There have
“it is very important to be idle with confidence”
I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spent in the most profound activity. Whether our
“Real recreation quickens aspiration”
Too many of us, especially when young, confound recreation with dissipation. Real recreation quickens aspiration. The true purpose of recreation is not merely to amuse, not merely to