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The convenience regime sells us a peculiar bargain: “I'll free you from the messiness of human existence so you can focus on being yourself more.”
But aren't you the sum of the tasks you spend your time on? Isn't there something fundamentally human about wrestling some messy reality rather than just managing its digital alternative?
In Praise of Inconvenience: The Hidden Costs of a Convenient World
Simone
At some point, Grisman implied that in the music he envisioned, the role I would eventually end up filling would be that of the keyboard player. He explained how the guitar was the only instrument that could lend a chord voice to the music in the same way that an acoustic piano is the chord voice of a modern jazz ensemble. To this day, even as I grow as a guitar player, that's what I'm after. I get cues from keyboard players of how they back up solos. That's the way I use the guitar. That growth process, for me, will never stop.
Still Inside
Tim Stafford
For the people who come up with policies and run countries, the lessons of the report are not shocking: People are more satisfied with their lives when they have a comfortable standard of living, a supportive social network, good health, the latitude to choose their course in life, and a government they trust. The highest echelon of happy countries also tends to have universal health care, ample paid vacation time, and affordable child care.
Denmark, Finland, and the ‘Secrets’ of the Happiest Countries - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com
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