The Trap Of Doing What You Love
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever given. …
The Cost Of Convenience
There’s a self-checkout machine at my local grocery store that nobody uses. It sits there, gleaming and efficient, while people queue for the human cashier. …
The Problem With Resilience
Resilience has become the great virtue of our age. Be resilient. Bounce back. Show grit. Adapt. Overcome. Persist. It sounds empowering. It’s often exhausting. Dr. …
Why Nobody Believes Anything Anymore
We’re living through an epistemological crisis, which is a fancy way of saying nobody knows what’s true anymore. It’s not that people don’t believe things. …
Why Good Relationships Are Boring
Movies lied to us about love. They told us the goal was passion, intensity, drama. They told us relationships should be fireworks and racing hearts …
The Vanishing Act Of Being Nobody
Walk through any coffee shop today and you’ll witness a curious phenomenon: people performing their lives rather than living them. The barista isn’t just making …
Why We’re All Living Someone Else’s Life
There’s a man in Tokyo who spent twenty years becoming a lawyer because his father was a lawyer. He makes excellent money. He hates every …
The Loneliness Of Being Known
Here’s a paradox nobody warned us about: the more people know you, the lonelier you can feel. Sarah has 3,000 followers who watch her daily …