Talking about REST on BBC Radio 4
So I was just on BBC Radio 4's morning show (it's night here in California, but 8 hours ahead in London, people are having their coffee and checking
How to have a more restorative vacation
Erica Alini interviewed me a couple days ago about rest and vacations, and now how an article in Gobal News about “The smartest vacation: How to get the
Russell Square and the creative benefit of a little stability
I'm just back from a couple weeks in England, and while I spent some time in Cambridge (where my wife is a dean in a summer program) and
New things on vacations
I've been thinking a bit about vacations, partly because I'm off to England tomorrow for some research, some interviews, and a little time off with my wife. My
Rest with Alex Pang, Episode 4: Jessica de Bloom and the Science of Vacations
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wn9tz-952bd4 Since we're in the middle of summer break, I thought it would be fitting to take a break from the shorter hours interviews, and talk about something that's
Rest, medical education, and Clifford Geertz’s lawn
The Center for Medical Simulation at Harvard discusses REST in the latest episode of their podcast. It’s a great conversation: in addition to providing a good overview of
Rest with Alex Pang, Episode 3: Spencer Kimball and Free Fridays at Cockroach Labs
In this episode I talk to Spencer Kimball, cofounder of Cockroach Labs , a startup that's reinventing how databases work. It's kind of technical, but fortunately Spencer does
Why deliberate rest is important for learning and professional development
Yesterday I wrote about William Heneage Ogilvie’s essay “In Praise of Idleness,” in which he makes the case for the importance of “idleness” in the lives of doctors
We do our “most important work when” we let the mind “wander at its own pace round the paths over which it has been rushing”
I recently discovered an essay by the surgeon William Heneage Ogilvie titled “In Praise of Idleness,” which I found while looking for stuff on Bertrand Russell’s essay of
The gendered consequences of “Do what you love”
The Atlantic has an article arguing that our belief that you should be passionate about your work has the unintended effect of discouraging women from working if they