Why the Four Biggest Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up
“How would we feel if one company controlled 92 percent of the global construction and engineering trade? Or 92 percent of the world’s paper and forest products...
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25 Principles of Adult Behavior
“Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.”
Convenience Is the Most Underestimated Force in the World Today
“Convenience seems to make our decisions for us, trumping what we like to imagine are our true preferences.”
The 100 Rules of Being a Writer
“The only way to build a sustainable audience is to show up. Over and over again. More often and longer than most people feel comfortable with.”
How to Get People to Do Things They Don’t Want to Do
“Providing a sense of progression is a form of feedback and is a key component of making unpleasant tasks more manageable.”
Why Our Preoccupation with Happiness Has Made Us Less Happy
“Happiness studies seem to be a way of convincing people they’re happy — or could be happy — even as they’re being dealt increasingly bad hands in terms of thin...
Why Sitting Down Destroys You
“Fitness talks muscles before spine. Gymnasts focus on how they are moving their body — and they also just happen to have awesome posture and a really strong co...
22 Weird but Profound Life Lessons
“Don’t let a quick decision ruin everything you’ve built for yourself. Keep saying no to things that don’t serve you.”
How Cancelling Everyone’s Student Debt Could Help the Economy
“If the government were to forgive all the student debt it owns (which makes up more than 90 percent of all outstanding student debt), and bought out all privat...
12 Rules for Life, According to a Woman Who Just Turned 45-Years-Old
“Always order one extra dish at a restaurant, an unfamiliar one. You might like it, which would be splendid. If you don’t like it, all you lost was a couple of ...