Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
And in America, no matter how much you’ve got, someone next to you has more. This is what Chris Hayes once described to me as “fractal inequality.” America’s top 10 percent are far, far better off than the other 90 percent, but the top 1 percent is far, far better off than the 10 percent, and the 0.01 percent is far, far better off than the 1... See more
David Roberts • The medium chill
the process = small consistent actions x patience
When a manager assigns a team a difficult but achievable job, the moderate stress of the task releases neurochemicals, including oxytocin and adrenocorticotropin, that intensify people’s focus and strengthen social connections. When team members need to work together to reach a goal, brain activity coordinates their behaviors efficiently. But this... See more
Paul J. Zak • The Neuroscience of Trust
Explain that stuff! Science and technology made simple
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I don’t have any answers because I don’t think there are any. But I’m fond of Margaret Wheatley’s framing of creating “islands of sanity,” which a kind reader reminded me of in the lovely comments of my last post. These islands are crucially not places of retreat, but rather of contribution — hyperlocal, small in scale, yet deeply meaningful. To... See more
Face-down on cold tile
environmental psychology
Esther Sternberg • Esther Sternberg — The Science of Healing Places | The On Being Project
The cost of convenience is vitality. You can have a lot of things done for you in the modern world — and many of them are great time savers! — but the feeling of being alive comes from being fully engaged in the right task, not free from all tasks.
Sure, you can automate and delegate all sorts of things, but the more interesting question is, "What... See more
Sure, you can automate and delegate all sorts of things, but the more interesting question is, "What... See more