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In his book “The Paradox of Choice,” Barry Schwartz used numerous examples, from shopping to career options to romance, to show that less choice can not only increase our productivity, but also our freedom and make it easier to be in the moment and enjoy it (Schwartz, 2007).

Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

‘For Us, by Us’: Inside the New Social Spaces for People of Color (Published 2019)

Morgan Jerkins nytimes.com

recently gotten his own place in Toronto with a PUA named No. 9, a Chinese software engineer who, thanks to Mystery’s ever-present advice, had turned himself into a relatively cool-looking guy. They lived in a cramped two-bedroom apartment above a cybercafe near the University of Toronto. Since No. 9 was out of town, I put my bags in his room and j

Neil Strauss • The Game

The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Gretchen Rubin • Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life

If we do not understand that most people had no choice but to devote their lives to growing and cooking food, we are incapable of comprehending that the foods of Culinary Modernism — egalitarian, available more or less equally to all, without demanding the disproportionate amount of the resources of time or money that traditional foodstuffs did — a... See more

Rachel Laudan • A Plea for Culinary Modernism

Before, we had bars. Then, we had Tinder. What happens if you combine the best of both of those? What if you could find a group of 100 people in a city who are the best matches for each other, put them in the same space IRL, and allow for serendipity and face-to-face interaction to do the rest?

Packy McCormick • Part 4: The World in Equilibrium — Packy McCormick

Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

Fumio Sasaki

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Cover of Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

What counts as social infrastructure? I define it capaciously. Public institutions, such as libraries, schools, playgrounds, parks, athletic fields, and swimming pools, are vital parts of the social infrastructure. So too are sidewalks, courtyards, community gardens, and other green spaces that invite people into the public realm. Community organiz