WIRED
Why digital detoxes are a waste of time and are just 'nostalgia-laden nonsense'
Living a ‘purer’ life isn’t about turning off your smartphone.
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WIRED
How I Got My Attention Back
Technology is commanding our attention in infinite, insurmountable loops. A country trip off-grid helped me escape.
LifeNautilus
Don't Tell Your Friends They're Lucky
Luck has a lot to do with success. We just don’t want to admit it.
LifeZen Habits
Filter Out the Noise
It can seem like our lives are filled with busyness, noise, distractions, and often meaningless activities. What if we could …
LifeThe New York Times
The Year of Conquering Negative Thinking
Here’s a New Year’s challenge for the mind: Make this the year that you quiet all those negative thoughts …
LifeNational Geographic
Pictures Show How Modern Life Is Altering the Natural World
Edward Burtynsky photographs changing landscapes—each one an imprint of human ambition.
LifeThe New York Times
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
Social isolation is a growing epidemic, one that’s increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and …
LifeVox
Proof that life is getting better for humanity, in 5 charts
Proof that life is getting better for humanity, in 5 charts.
LifeAlex Vermeer
8,760 Hours: How to get the most out of next year
The end of a year is the perfect time to review one’s life, goals, plans, and projects, as well as plan for the …
LifeOutside Online
How to Live Out of Your Car
Professional vehicle dwellers share their tips for making the most out of life on the road.
LifeAeon
Why the simple life is not just beautiful, it's necessary
The good life is the simple life. Among philosophical ideas about how we should live, this one is a hardy perennial; from …
LifeI am not a self-made man.
We all need fuel. Without the assistance, advice, and inspiration of others, the gears of our mind grind to a halt, and …
LifePriceonomics
Who Still Lives at Home with Their Parents?
Living at home with your parents isn’t just for little kids anymore. Young adults are now more likely to live with …
LifeThe New York Times
The Busy Person's Lies
A December Gallup poll found that 61 percent of working Americans said they did not have enough time to do the things they …
LifeVox
Why 30 is the decade friends disappear — and what to do about it
New research recently found that starting at age 25, we lose more friends than we make each year.
LifeAeon
Embedded beings: how we blended our minds with our devices
Our devices are so deeply enmeshed in our lives that we anticipate them being there at all times with access to the full …
LifeThe New York Times
Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded
Being “needed” does not entail selfish pride or unhealthy attachment to the worldly esteem of others. Rather, it …
LifeStartup Grind
You Don't Need a Master Plan — You Just Need to Start
Starting something in the hopes of making an extra $1,000 a month is every bit as worthy as trying to colonize Mars. Start …
LifeTED
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, …
Happiness Life VideoBBC
How being alone may be the key to rest
How much rest do we think we need, who is getting the most, and what are the most restful activities? The results of the …
LifeNew Republic
The Perils of Peak Attention
Two new books assess the quality of our digital lives: How do we shake off the village when we carry the world in our pocket? …
LifeHacker News
What do you regret in life?
What do you regret in life?
LifeThrillist
I Wore an Expensive Watch While Traveling, and People Treated Me Wayyy Differently
For the traveler whose time is spent making snap-judgment impressions all day, every day, an expensive watch can be a …
Life TravelQuora
How can I stop being average?
Getting out of your comfort zone sounds awesome but the odds are that while this will expose you to new experiences, …
LifeBrain Pickings
Be Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee's Famous Metaphor for Resilience
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”
LifeBoth Sides of the Table
Why I Stopped Taking My Mobile Phone to My Bedroom
But I realized that one are that technology was having an unhealthy impact on my life and that was in the bedroom. Like many …
LifeBloomberg
How to Retire at 40
Three early retirees tell their story of living on 4 percent or less.
Life MoneyThe New York Times
Making Modern Toughness
We are all fragile when we don’t know what our purpose is, when we haven’t thrown ourselves with abandon into a …
LifeThe Guardian
Our life in three stages – school, work, retirement – will not survive much longer
Babies born today have a good chance of surviving to be 105. If they are to exploit the great opportunities raised by …
LifeWorld Economic Forum
Countries where you can buy citizenship
A new global industry has been booming in recent years, as countries offer people the chance to acquire citizenship or …
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