Life

Many of the best quality-of-life improvements seem to have known costs but unknowable benefits.

as if the worst thing in the world is unstructured free time.

We learn the same lessons over and over, forgetting and remembering, forget­ting and remembering. That’s not failure — it’s life! It’s being human

“That’s enough screen time for today,” you tell your kid, urging them to turn off the video-game console or iPad. As for what they should do instead, you are not quite sure. And what about you? If only you could put down your phone and listen to your spouse, or read a book, or embrace the sensation of your own existence, then surely you would be a... See more