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Born to Be Conned
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The New York Times
Stories are one of the most powerful forces of persuasion available to us, especially stories that fit in with our view of …
LifeQuartz
A cool thing about moving to another country is that your life gets longer. Last year I calculated, that I should move to …
LifeSlate Magazine
Never mind the headlines. We’ve never lived in such peaceful times.
LifeNautilus
Research suggests saying thanks regularly can benefit your health.
LifeZen Habits
Imagine a life where we could enjoy simple, free pleasures like going for a walk in nature, meditating, reading a book, …
Life MinimalismMedium
Once you’ve taken care of the basics, there’s very little in this world for which your life is worth deferring. …
LifeMedium
Our vision is to make moving so easy and information about life quality so transparent that we would end up with a world …
Life WorkBBC
The problem in the world today is that we only see the final product - the amazing movie, the super-efficient vacuum cleaner, …
Life WorkZen Habits
I have a friend who is unhappy with his life — being in debt, lonely, with a job he doesn’t like, in a town he …
LifeSignal v. Noise
There are two things in this world that take no skill: 1. Spending other people’s money and 2. Dismissing an idea. …
LifeZen Pencils
So I always ask the question: What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your …
LifeWandering Earl
I wrote the above list because I genuinely wanted to see if the experiences I’ve been through have been sufficiently …
LifeMedium
This is a talk about what happens when a culture is driven by the need for money to make more money.
Life WorkBBC
Daydreaming has a bad reputation, but neuroscientists are beginning to realise that a wandering mind is not only typical – it …
LifeLegatum Institute
Is a nation’s prosperity defined solely by its GDP? Prosperity is more than just the accumulation of material wealth, …
LifeThe Guardian
It wasn’t overly surprising, really, to learn from two recent psychology studies that being “on call” is …
LifeThe Atlantic
The paradox of the American Dream: The best cities to get ahead are often the most expensive places to live, and the most …
Life WorkHacker News
I always have this problem of feeling inadequate. I’m a junior CS student at a decent but not great school. Some of my …
LifeThe Atlantic
In a new model of living, residents will have their own “microunits” built around a shared living space for …
LifeMedium
Part of the problem seems to be that nobody these days is content to merely put their dent in the universe. No, they have to …
LifeThe New York Times
The data are the latest to show that while family structure seems to have permanently changed, public policy, workplace …
LifeStumbling and Mumbling
The later Nobel laureate James Buchanan used to advise his graduate students: “keep your ass in the chair”. Woody …
LifeFarnam Street
In April of 1958, Hunter S. Thompson was 22 years old when he wrote this letter to his friend Hume Logan in response to a …
LifeNewsweek
The vagabond ecosystem is changing thanks to cellphones, Wi-Fi, Craigslist and Google Maps.
LifeMedium
I had this epiphany at the beginning of September: This thing that I’m doing? This series of choices I make every day? …
LifeBryce Dot VC
Most people won’t. But every once in a while someone puts themselves out there. Makes the leap. Faces rejection or …
LifeMedium
Even the most diligent of us has loose ends we can tie up: unnecessary costs, insurance, emergency preparedness, and so on. …
LifeThe Guardian
From jeans to dating partners and TV subscriptions to schools, we think the more choices we have the better. But too many …
LifeBrain Pickings
Reflections on the rewards of seeking out what magnifies your spirit.
LifeMedium
I bet so many reading this are not happy because they aren’t getting what they want in life; they are expecting it too …
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