Francesco

Why We Want Robots at Work but Humans in Art

We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber driver’s small talk annoys us. We wish we were in a Waymo. The cashier’s tip screen feels like a micro-ransom when all we want is a bottle of water.... See more

I have made up an organization system that I have not really seen before, and this works even before you declutter to make decluttering less overwhelmed and easier. Create monthly folders. For example, one folder called January, one folder called February etc. Do that with every month of the year until December. Then you declutter that month for... See more

n the 60s and 70s, the feminist and lesbian bookstores that served as hubs for activists printed their own newsletters and editorial guides to share information and help other writers and artists get their work into the hands of readers and other activists.

Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.