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3. Things you use for a significant fraction of your life (bed: 1/3rd, office-chair: 1/4th) are worth investing in.

100 Tips for a Better Life

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The Industrial Revolution turned the timetable and the assembly line into a template for almost all human activities. Shortly after factories imposed their time frames on human behaviour, schools too adopted precise timetables, followed by hospitals, government offices and grocery stores. Even in places devoid of assembly lines and machines, the timetable became king. If the shift at the factory ends at 5 p.m., the local pub had better be open for business by 5:02.

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

The reasons for the failure of these states are varied, but one common characteristic leaps out: they are all politically and economically introverted.

How Asia Works

Joe Studwell

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