Tim Harford
The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true?
The Peter principle states that “every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”. If someone is good …
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Tim Harford
The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true?
The Peter principle states that “every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”. If someone is good …
WorkThe New York Times
'Overtourism' Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Help Get Us There?
The world’s most popular destinations cannot expand to accommodate an infinite flood of visitors. Advocates of curbing …
TravelHarvard Business Review
The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light
The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by …
WorkThe New York Times
Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn't a Problem
The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going …
HealthSpiegel Online
Paradise Lost: How Tourists Are Destroying the Places They Love
Travel is no longer a luxury good. Airlines like Ryanair and EasyJet have contributed to a form of mass tourism that has made …
TravelNick Wignall
Productive Procrastination: How to Get More Done by Procrastinating on Purpose
By procrastinating about the right things in the right way, you’re never really procrastinating. If you’d like to …
Productivity80,000 Hours
Randomised experiment: If you're genuinely unsure whether to quit your job or break up, then you probably should
People who made a change on an important question gained 2.2 points of happiness out of 10, while those who made a change on …
CareerAmbition & Balance - by Doist
What Most Remote Companies Don't Tell You About Remote Work
Isolation, anxiety, and depression in the remote workplace and what we’re doing about it.
Remote WorkMedium
How to build a van to work on the road
Back in November, my girlfriend and me decided to build our own van and travel through Europe for a couple of month… …
Digital Nomad Remote WorkThe New York Times
Money Really Does Lead to a More Satisfying Life
New research suggests that more money really does lead to a more satisfying life. Surveys of thousands of Swedish lottery …
LifeThe New York Times
How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank
Fed up with their high-pressure jobs, some millennials are quitting and embracing the FIRE movement. (It stands for financial …
MoneyThe Guardian
How TripAdvisor changed travel
TripAdvisor is where we go to praise, criticise and purchase our way through the inhabited world. It is, at its core, a …
TravelAny older (>40) Digital Nomads here?
I’m mid forties and thinking of hitting the road again (last time was my late thirties, and only for six months). …
Digital NomadPOLITICO Magazine
Tired of Dirty Dishes and 'Hacker Houses,' Millennials Revamp Communal Living
‘Co-living’ offers more affordable rent, a cleaning service and even the occasional happy hour. And no more …
ColivingThe Billfold
A Story of a Fuck Off Fund
You save up a Fuck Off Fund of $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, then enough to live half a year without anyone else’s help. So …
LifeForbes
Digital Nomadism Goes Mainstream
Once an under-the-radar trend, living the digital nomad lifestyle has become so well-accepted it’s now an aspirational …
Digital NomadTechCrunch
Distributed teams are rewriting the rules of office(less) politics
For all of the discussions about how to hire, fire, coordinate, motivate, and retain remote teams though, what is strangely …
Remote WorkThe Wall Street Journal
The Science Behind the World's Longest Flights
Singapore and Qantas rethink their service for intercontinental trips that could last 20 hours or more.
TravelThe Boston Globe
Welcome to the Quiet Skies
Did you scan the boarding area from afar? Have a cold, penetrating stare? Sleep on the plane? Use the bathroom? Talk to …
TravelThe New York Times
How to Make a Big Decision
Have no fear. An emerging science can now help you choose.
LifeHarvard Business Review
How to Avoid Loneliness When You Work Entirely from Home
Here are three principles I’ve found to be effective in staving off isolation, maintaining productivity, and …
Remote WorkThe Atlantic
How to Make Friends, According to Science
So what should you do if your social life is lacking? Here, too, the research is instructive. To begin with, don’t …
LifePhys.org
Chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness
Blue light from digital devices and the sun transforms vital molecules in the eye’s retina into cell killers, according …
HealthBBC
What happens when we work non-stop
Still, millions of workers seem unable to take a stand against it, from medics to ‘gig economy’ workers and …
WorkThe Economist
Passport queues vex airlines
When weary travellers step off a long flight, they want to get off the plane and on to their destinations as quickly as …
TravelWEG Pub
The 'digital nomad' is the modern hobo
Recently, we’ve seen the rise of what is euphemistically known as the ‘digital nomad’. I propose we call …
Digital NomadCarol Moynham
How to Prevent Injuries Even if You Work a Desk Job
Is poor posture why your neck and shoulders hurt? You can fix bad habits and relieve pain without even leaving your chair.
HealthBucketlistly
Traveling The World On A Third World Passport
Every time I hear first-world passport holders complain about doing a visa run or having to apply for an electronic visa …
TravelThe Startup
(Deliberate) practice makes perfect: how to become an expert in anything
Typically, repeated practice takes us up to a medium level of success. After an initial spike, progress stalls, plateaus — …
Learning