The Philosophy Professor Who Ruined Small Talk I used to think deep conversations happened naturally, like some people were just born knowing how to skip past weather commentary and dive into the meaning of existence. Then I read “The Art of Living” by Epictetus in a cramped campus bookstore, mostly because the cover looked serious …
Month: March 2026
The Pendulum Has Swung Too Far We’ve all watched the productivity conversation swing from toxic hustle culture to what feels like an equally extreme rejection of ambition itself. “Quiet quitting” emerged in 2022 and still dominates workplace discussions four years later. It became a rallying cry for doing the absolute minimum. Meanwhile, studies of four-day …
Here is the thing I keep coming back to on this. The topic of personal productivity and the anti-hustle backlash rewards more careful attention than the typical coverage provides, and the reason is not complicated once you know where to look. What I find most interesting, and I think you will too, viewed through the …
Here is the thing I keep coming back to on this. The topic of personal productivity and the anti-hustle backlash rewards more careful attention than the typical coverage provides, and the reason is not complicated once you know where to look. What I find most interesting, and I think you will too, is four-day work …
Here is the thing I keep coming back to on this. The topic of journaling, self-reflection and meaning-making rewards more careful attention than the typical coverage provides, and the reason is not complicated once you know where to look. What I find most interesting, and I think you will too, viewed through the lens of …