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Efficiency is highly overrated; goofing off is highly underrated. Regularly scheduled sabbaths, sabbaticals vacations, breaks, aimless walks and time off are essential for top performance of any kind. The best work ethic requires a good rest ethic.
Excellent Advice for Living
Kevin Kelly
As we shall see, the more we are able to connect our feelings to our own needs, the easier it is for others to respond compassionately.
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
To hazard a definition, we’re partial to Ellen Dissanayake’s characterization of art as anything “made special,” that is, not for some functional or practical purpose but for human attention and enjoyment.8 A clay pot, for example, is highly functional, and therefore not “art.” But to the extent that it’s been painted, etched, distinctively shaped, or otherwise embellished with non-functional elements, we will consider it “art.”
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
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