The Atlantic
The War on Stupid People
American society increasingly mistakes intelligence for human worth.
LifeLife
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.
Quartz
The solution to just about everything: working less
A 21st-century education should prepare people not only for joining the workforce, but also (and more importantly) for life.
LifeThe Guardian
Has convenience turned you into a monster?
Like me, you might be a liberal who loves Uber and Airbnb. But the darker side of the new economy isn’t something we …
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
Steps to Turn Off the Nagging Self-Doubt in Your Head
Most of us lose time to negative thoughts; reframe your thinking and feel more positive.
LifeNautilus
Selfishness Is Learned
Many people cheat on taxes—no mystery there. But many people don’t, even if they wouldn’t be caught—now, …
LifeThe New York Times
Unless You're Oprah, 'Be Yourself' Is Terrible Advice.
Next time people say, “just be yourself,” stop them in their tracks. No one wants to hear everything that’s …
LifeScientific American
How to Be an Optimal Human
Science-informed suggestions to help you have greater health, growth, and happiness.
LifeZen Habits
The Face Everything Technique: Why Avoiding Difficulties Doesn't Work
Our minds want to run from whatever discomfort, pain, difficulty we’re facing… and this is a good strategy for …
LifeThe Guardian
Posting photos online is not living. You are producing your own obituary
As you point your phone at everything from Notre Dame to a slice of chocolate cake, remember these images will take on …
LifeCityLab
Why 2014 Marked a Historic Shift in Housing Arrangements
For the first time since the 1880s, more young Americans are living with their parents than with a romantic partner.
LifeQuanta Magazine
New Evidence for the Necessity of Loneliness
A specific set of neurons deep in the brain may motivate us to seek company, holding social species together.
LifeWhat is something someone said that forever changed your way of thinking?
What is something someone said that forever changed your way of thinking?
LifeScientific American
How Not to Care What Other People Think
They say you stay up too late and got nothing in your brain? It’s normal to care what important people in your life …
LifeQuartz
150 years ago, a world-famous philosopher called busyness the sign of an unhappy person
And indeed, as we race from the office to the gym to a dinner, proudly showing off our jam-packed schedules, it’s worth …
LifeThe Atlantic
Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think
When people see themselves as self-made, they tend to be less generous and public-spirited.
LifeGQ
This Hobo Life
Kids are still unplugging and trying out The Hobo Life—but what happens when you add Wi-Fi and Indiegogo campaigns and iPhone …
LifeThe Truth About What It Means To Be Successful
So what, then, is success? Because it is not money. That I know. And it is not some physical achievement. That I know. It is …
LifeProduct Hunt
What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self?
Here are the bite-sized nuggets of wisdom our LIVE Chat guests—from singers to pro basketball players to venture …
LifeSeth's Blog
Take what you can get (?)
Surviving is succeeding, no doubt about it. Doing the work is better than not doing the work. Waiting for perfect is never as …
LifeZen Habits
Fear Is Why We Have Too Much Stuff
Fear is what causes us to buy things we don’t really need. Fear keeps us holding onto stuff we don’t need.
LifeAeon
The ages of distraction
Busy, distracted, inattentive? Everybody has been since at least 1710 and here are the philosophers to prove it.
LifeThe Wall Street Journal
The College of Chinese Wisdom
Telling young people to discover their true selves causes confusion and anxiety. Better to follow Confucius, who knew that …
LifeVox
Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against. And science has their back.
A couple of weeks ago, I reported on the science of chronobiology, which finds we all have an internal clock that keeps us on …
LifeThe Atlantic
People Want Power Because They Want Autonomy
New research suggests being in charge is appealing because it offers freedom—not because it allows people to control others.
LifeOutside Online
Reboot or Die Trying
A star political blogger for Grist.org, David Roberts spent so much time posting and Tweeting and staring at screens that he …
LifeNPR
Even Astronauts Get The Blues: Or Why Boredom Drives Us Nuts
We’ve all been there: bored in class, bored at work, bored in stand still traffic. But why do we find boredom so …
LifeHacker News
Moving Out of Silicon Valley because of housing? Where to?
Has anyone moved out of SF/SV to work in a different tech city? If so, where?
Life WorkNautilus
How to Learn to Love to Practice
Anyone who wants to master a skill must run through the cycle of practice, critical feedback, modification, and incremental …
LifeNarratively
Confessions of a Failed Self-Help Guru
I traveled around the country telling strangers how to balance their workloads and better their lives—until I learned the …
LifeThe Guardian
The Life Project: what makes some people happy, healthy and successful – and others not?
The factors that most affect our life chances are revealed as the first group of British babies followed in a remarkable …
Life