The Shortgevity Story
On Doing Nothing Well
Dolce far niente versus Silicon Valley recovery culture: why unstructured time needs no justification, and why most people can no longer tolerate it.
On Doing Nothing Well
Dolce far niente versus Silicon Valley recovery culture: why unstructured time needs no justification, and why most people can no longer tolerate it.
Presence vs. Mindfulness: Why They're Different
Mindfulness has been captured by productivity culture, complete with streaks and scorecards. Presence isn't a practice you can fail — it's an orientation you either have or don't.
Presence vs. Mindfulness: Why They're Different
Mindfulness has been captured by productivity culture, complete with streaks and scorecards. Presence isn't a practice you can fail — it's an orientation you either have or don't.
Awe Is a Health Metric. Here's the Research.
Dacher Keltner's research on awe — including its effects on inflammation, prosocial behavior, and wellbeing — argues that the experiences optimization culture devalues are measurably valuable.
Awe Is a Health Metric. Here's the Research.
Dacher Keltner's research on awe — including its effects on inflammation, prosocial behavior, and wellbeing — argues that the experiences optimization culture devalues are measurably valuable.
Vacation Is Not Recovery
Vacation culture frames travel as maintenance for a tired machine. This piece argues the opposite: the point of a trip was never to come back rested.
Vacation Is Not Recovery
Vacation culture frames travel as maintenance for a tired machine. This piece argues the opposite: the point of a trip was never to come back rested.
The Wellness Industrial Complex: A Brief History
From the Puritans to Silicon Valley, the impulse to discipline the body in service of productivity is the same idea wearing different clothes.
The Wellness Industrial Complex: A Brief History
From the Puritans to Silicon Valley, the impulse to discipline the body in service of productivity is the same idea wearing different clothes.
The Night as a Complete Life
Against the 10pm bedtime as virtue. The night has always run on rules the day doesn't — its own honesty, its own economy of intimacy — erased by artificial light...
The Night as a Complete Life
Against the 10pm bedtime as virtue. The night has always run on rules the day doesn't — its own honesty, its own economy of intimacy — erased by artificial light...