Sleeping on the job
Author Leo Benedictus has an article in the Guardian about inemuri and the contested state of naps in the modern Western workplace. [I]nemuri means “being present while sleeping”, and indeed
Winston Churchill on “painting as a pastime”
I’m just back from a trip to England, where I was doing interviews and archival work for Rest. While most of my time was spent in the British
Slow Down
An important message from a storefront in London, seen this evening: I’m in England for a few days for archival work and interviews, and yes, some rest. It’s
In London
I’m in London for a few days, doing some research for Rest. We’re staying at the Hotel Russell, which overlooks Russell Square in Bloomsbury. I’ve passed by it
Getting Things Done so you can do nothing
David Allen, of Getting Things Done fame, has an interview in Fast Company in which he talks about the value of... getting nothing done: "A hallmark of how
Nature and creative problem solving: how days in the wood boost creativity
This morning via Michael Hyatt, I came across a 2012 study on "Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings:" Adults and children are
Using EEG to measure the impact of education
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Westmont College, a Christian liberal arts college in Southern California, is going to try to measure the impact of international education
“We expect you to be the last ones to leave every night… no matter what:” summer intern advice
The Wall Street Journal has a funny-not funny piece about a memo circulating on Wall Street claiming to offer advice to summer interns on how to survive their
“…very gradually build up living and creative structures within us”
The Swedish neuroscientist Ragnar Granit gave what I regard as a remarkable talk about research and deep thinking as activities requiring personal development and transformation. It's a great
Wilder Penfield: “Rest, with nothing else, results in rust”
"Rest, with nothing else, results in rust," Wilder Penfield wrote in his great essay The Second Career: "It corrodes the mechanisms of the brain." The essay was an argument against