Big Technology
Where Tech Workers Are Moving: New LinkedIn Data vs. the Narrative
The key beneficiaries of this year’s tech migration are less buzzy cities like Madison, Wisconsin; Richmond, Virginia; …
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What's life? Across our curated articles and stories, you'll find a 21st Century perspective on topics such as life lessons, creativity, mindfulness, self-improvement, and much more.
BBC
Why being kind to others is good for your health
While we might all enjoy the warm glow of helping out others or giving up a little of our time for charity, it could be doing …
Health LifeWIRED
A Mission to Make Virtual Parties Actually Fun
Let’s be honest, Zoom birthdays and happy hours are bad. But an emerging type of platform known as “proximity …
LifeBennett Notes
I Feel Like I Have No Real Interests; My Only Interest Is Making Money
I have no real interests or hobbies. If I was shopping for myself I’d probably just buy another book on “growing …
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Nautilus
The Joys of Being a Stoic
Suppose I have a job interview coming up. I want the job, of course. But that’s not up to me. It depends on the …
LifeScientific American
Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time
A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being.
LifeFast Company
I'm deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call
Can you hear me? No, but I can read you. A hearing-impaired product designer has his team experience his world and says we …
Life Remote WorkPreetam Nath
Why you should write
Before proceeding further, I must make one thing clear. While I personally prefer writing, the message here is to create …
LifeFarnam Street
Why Life Can't Be Simpler
When we wish for things to be simpler, we usually mean we want products and services to have fewer steps, fewer controls, …
LifeThe New Yorker
Zoom Fatigue and the New Ways to Party
Virtual-reality coffee shops and party-simulation apps are aiming to help you gossip and mingle more realistically online.
LifeAxios
Working from (your parents') home
The big picture: For the first time since the Great Depression, the majority of 18- to 29-year-olds have moved back home. …
LifeNPR
How To Say No, For The People Pleaser Who Always Says Yes
It can be tempting to say yes to things you just don’t want to do. Might as well just get it done so nothing bad …
LifeThe Washington Post
While covid-19 continues to force remote work, Europe looks to enforce a right to disconnect
The “right to disconnect” predated the pandemic in much of Europe. The concept, first legislated in France in …
Life Remote WorkThe Atlantic
Get Ready for the Great Urban Comeback
The 21st-century city is the child of catastrophe. The comforts and infrastructure we take for granted were born of age-old …
LifeThe New York Times
When Did the Suburbs Get so LOUD?
You have just discovered a reality about suburban life: It’s not so quiet.
LifeOliver Emberton
The problem isn't that life is unfair – it's your broken idea of fairness
The truth is, life is just playing by different rules.
The real rules are there. They actually make sense. But they’re …
LifeScientific American
Unlimited Information Is Transforming Society
Technology is blurring the lines between consumers and producers, amateurs and professionals, and laypeople and experts. …
LifeBloomberg
How to End America's Loneliness Epidemic
Making people more economically secure is the first step to ending the “intimacy apocalypse.”
LifeDon't ask to ask, just ask
Don't ask to ask, just ask
The solution is not to ask to ask, but just to ask.
Life WorkTiffany Matthé
Being OK With Not Being Extraordinary
The internet always highlights the first place winners, the billionaires, the award-winning artists, the best-selling …
LifeBBC
The 'Batman Effect': How having an alter ego empowers you
Thinking of yourself as a separate entity can reduce anxiety, while also kicking up some major benefits for your confidence …
LifeDerek Sivers
Disconnect
People often ask me what they can do to be more successful. I say disconnect. Even if just for a few hours. Unplug. Turn off …
LifeOutside Online
We Quit Our Jobs to Build a Cabin—Everything Went Wrong
We knew we were fortunate to have good jobs—and this was well before our country was facing a pandemic and massive …
LifePOLITICO Magazine
The death of the city
For the first time since the earliest cities emerged in the Fertile Crescent some 6,000 years ago, concentrated urban centers …
Life Remote WorkReuters
Why time feels so weird in 2020
Some days seem to pass very slowly while some weeks, and even months, fly by. A set of simple perception tests illustrate …
LifeWhat do people learn too late?
What do people learn too late?
LifeThe New Yorker
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
Life WorkLaura Deming
How not to be sad
I’ve tried to write (what feels like) 15,000 versions of this essay. All of them ultimately cratered by the fact that …
LifeCNN
'Pandemic pricing' is here. Rents are dropping across the US
All those buildings with fancy amenities were competing with each other to offer gyms, pools and movie lounges. Not only are …
LifeThe Daily Beast
Remembering Anthony Bourdain Before He Was Famous
On the second anniversary of Anthony Bourdain’s untimely death, Earl Geer remembers their time running Sullivan’s …
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