“Busy men find life very short:” Seneca on busyness, leisure and time
Yesterday I read Seneca's essay "On The Shortness of Life." I read his Letters from a Stoic when I was on sabbatical in Cambridge, and recently saw a reference
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Skip to contentYesterday I read Seneca's essay "On The Shortness of Life." I read his Letters from a Stoic when I was on sabbatical in Cambridge, and recently saw a reference
A group of Canadian and American researchers have been examining children with concussions, and their impact that exercise has on their recovery after injury. They publish their findings
One of the things I discovered when working on Rest was how commonly creative people keep a notebook handy, when going on walks, at their beside, or even by
In Rest, I talk about several people who became noted literary figures, but had careers in other fields. JRR Tolkien, who wrote The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings,
This piece about scientists' working hours was written from last year, but it recently came to my attention after Jennifer Polk tweeted it out. (Of course I'm not
Thrive Global, Ariana Huffington's new enterprise, has an interview with Martin Lindstrom (whose biography describes him as a "Change Agent. Brand Futurist. Bestselling Author.") that touches on exercise, boredom,
Flexible working hours are good, right? The give you a greater degree of control over your own schedule, so you can take time off to pick up the
Science of Us writer Drake Baer lays out the argument that Donald Trump's, umm, distinctive personality characteristics can be blamed on (or are exacerbated by) sleep deprivation: Earlier
One of the things I noticed in REST is that the people I was writing about found way stop lead terrifically productive lives, make great discoveries, and create
Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge It may not be on your calendar, but Sunday October 16 is Hamilton Day, the anniversary of the day Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton carved his most