Words every author should memorize
"So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say."
Happiness and LSE podcasts
I'm a fan of podcasts. When I take the dogs out walking in the evening, I'll often listen to a podcast, since the dogs generally have little to
“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days:” Daniel Pink on time of day and performance
Daniel Pink has an excerpt from his new book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, that talks about the rather large effect circadian rhythms have on our
Making to-do lists before bed can help you fall asleep (and solve problems)
The British Psychological Society’s Research Digest reports on a new study that finds that making lists before bed can “help you fall asleep more quickly.” Before they tried
“Like an empire that has expanded too far, work may be both more powerful and more vulnerable than ever before”
Commute time on the Singapore subway The Guardian has recently has been publishing some terrific essays on the future of work. Peter Fleming's piece earlier this week (and
BlackRock pressing for greater social responsibility
This is an interesting development: BlackRock, the world's largest investor, is preparing to tell companies in its portfolio, "Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support:" Laurence D.
“The costs of overwork can no longer be ignored:” Peter Fleming on working hours and the future of work
Peter Fleming has a piece in The Guardian on the dawning realization that our working hours need a reset: Following 30 years of neoliberal deregulation, the nine-to-five feels
Why are Americans’ wages flat? A new article argues it’s about monopsony
Slate reports on a new theory for why Americans can’t get a raise: The paper... argues that, across different cities and different fields, hiring is concentrated among a
Book sales and “the slow death of the literary novel”
The New Statesman has a piece on "The slow death of the literary novel," and how lower advances and royalties are making it harder for authors to make a
REST “made a more positive difference on my life than anything else I read this year”
Michael Rossmann, a former editor of The Jesuit Post who's now at Boston College, included Rest in his list of The Best of What I Read in 2017: