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Americans tend to use new productivity and technology to buy a better life rather than to enjoy more downtime in inferior conditions.
Derek Thompson • Three Theories for Why You Have No Time
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Jeffrey Rice • Your Future ADHD Self: An ADHD-Friendly Guide to Planning and Goal Setting
NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse?
Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge.
This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵 https://t.co/cBAgrLWKi5
Census tracts are tiny, hyper-local designations, with populations between 1,200 and 8,000 each; mine is only 0.2 square miles in area.
Dylan Matthews • The great millennial migration that wasn’t
Rory Sutherland, vice chairman of the Ogilvy advertising agency, famously told a story about an office building where people complained that an elevator took too long to arrive. Instead of spending $1 million to make the elevators 5 percent faster, they solved the problem by spending around $100 to add mirrors so people could look at themselves whi... See more
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
It was not until the 1980s that the idea that everyone deserves, and should have, a dignified retirement took hold. And the way to get that dignified retirement ever since has been an expectation that everyone will save and invest their own money. Let me reiterate how new this idea is: The 401(k)—the backbone savings vehicle of American retirement—
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Money is the minimal information that captures the social truth of the value of time and energy.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
There used to be four life phases—childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Now there are at least six—childhood, adolescence, odyssey, adulthood, active retirement, and old age.
David Brooks • The Social Animal
There are two segments of the U.S. population that I’ve started calling “the barbells”: the oldest Americans (~65+) and the youngest Americans (~10 and under). In each segment, major demographic trends are colliding with increased tech adoption.