There’s no one life of the mind…
...even though we talk about "the life of the mind" as if there were: "the" life of the mind by Alex Soojung-Kim Pangtl:dr it's not one thing available
A brief rant against “productivity”
This is one of those kinds of ideas that sticks around in the back of your mind for years, until you finally are able to crystallize and capture
The 4-day week and reversing the erosion of community time
I write about how the 4-day week could help us restore the balance between work on one hand, and family and community time, on the other, in my
An experiment on Substack
Like many other writers, I've decided to give Substack a try, and to experiment with merging a newsletter and blog. The blog is title Rest, Work and the
Thinking together about the future draws people closer
In my work with organizations moving to a 4-day week, one of the things I like to do is take them through a scenario process: to think of
Alice Flaherty on creativity and danger
Neurologist Alice Flaherty, author of the book Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Disease, has an interesting TEDx talk on creativity and danger:
An Academic’s Introduction to Trade Press Writing: How and Why
I'm doing a free workshop on October 22 about trade press writing for academics. All are invited! This builds on some of my earlier writing about writing for
Reflections on AI systems, tools, and the 4-day week
One of the things I've seen while working on and studying the 4-day week movement is that different topics get hot for a while. This season, it's been
“When I quit being late, I started showing up for myself”
New York author Helene Rosenthal talks about the psychological benefits of being on time in a Guardian piece. She was someone who was perpetually late, but appearing early
Parenting AI
I've often said that in their factory settings, smartphones behave like children: they want your attention all the time, they don't share your mental map of what's important