Science of Us on the virtues of naps
It’s a rare thing indeed when something fun also happens to be good for you. Fried food, alcohol, sitting in front of the TV for long stretches at
Chocolate and “likes” activate the same parts of the teenage brain
The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of "likes" on their own photos or the
Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what
Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by the belief in the virtuousness of work,
Tim Wu on the “sofalarity”
I missed this in when it first came out in 2014: In his book “What Technology Wants,” Kelly writes: “Technology wants what life wants: Increasing efficiency; Increasing opportunity;
“Enjoyment comes in the highest degree not from going out to seek ‘fun’ and trying to chop it out of life with an axe,”
From Bertie Forbes, “Recreation,” in Keys to Success: Personal Efficiency (New York: B. C. Forbes, 1918) 222-230. If you want to accomplish the largest amount of work of which you
“My Mother’s Lover”
A terrific story, well worth your time on a Sunday morning: The February after my mother died, my brother, Allen, left his New Mexico home and boarded a
“the man or woman who has not learned to pursue helpful recreation is deficient in education”
While success ostensibly is won during working hours, in reality it is most often won during non business hours, the hours that are spent away from the bench
Cities with the best and worst work-life balance
Expert Market conducted a study comparing working hours and vacation time taken in different global cities. As Business Insider explains, Using data from Swiss banking group UBS, the
Nom nom Om: The rise of bite-sized wisdom
"We each have two lives,” a wise person once said, “and the second begins when we realise we have only one.” I can’t tell you which wise person,