You wave back at someone who wasn’t waving at you. You tell a joke that falls flat....
Mental Detours
Language has a sneaky way of shaping thought. We say time “flies,” ideas “spark,” and people “carry...
You’re scrolling through your phone when an old photo pops up: a snapshot of a high school...
Boredom often gets a bad rap. We treat it like an enemy to be avoided at all...
“Let’s stay on topic.” It’s a phrase meant to keep meetings productive and minds on task. Tangents,...
We don’t get bored much anymore. Not really. Standing in line? Scroll. Stuck in traffic? Podcast. Waiting...
Speed is a virtue now. We skim. We swipe. We summarize. We measure the value of a...
You’re in the shower. Or on a walk. Or washing dishes. You’re not focused on anything in...
Somewhere along the way, we turned productivity into morality. A productive day is a good day. An...
We live in a world that likes its questions to be useful. If you’re curious about something,...