People who are truly pleasant and kind but have no close friends often spent decades being the one everyone called during a crisis — and somewhere along the way noticed almost none of those calls had reversed direction
People who are truly pleasant and kind but have no close friends often spent decades being the one everyone called during a crisis — and somewhere along the way noticed almost none of those calls had reversed direction There’s a kind of individual you…
The GPS satellites orbiting 20,200 kilometres overhead run their clocks about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on the ground — without Einstein’s relativity correcting for it, GPS would drift by roughly 10 kilometres every 24 hours
The GPS satellites orbiting 20,200 kilometres overhead run their clocks about 38 microseconds faster per day than clocks on the ground — without Einstein’s relativity correcting for it, GPS would drift by roughly 10 kilometres every 24 hours The…
I grew up lower-middle class and I’ve noticed that every time I’m asked to describe my childhood I instinctively say “we weren’t rich but we had everything we needed” — and I’ve started wondering who I’m protecting with that sentence, my parents or myself
I grew up lower-middle class and I’ve noticed that every time I’m asked to describe my childhood I instinctively say “we weren’t rich but we had everything we needed” — and I’ve started wondering who I’m…
Behavioral scientists found that people without children develop a relationship to mortality that is psychologically distinct — without biological continuation, they must construct meaning through contribution, connection, and presence rather than lineage, and that construction is both harder and, when successful, more intentional than most people realize
Behavioral scientists found that people without children develop a relationship to mortality that is psychologically distinct — without biological continuation, they must construct meaning through contribution, connection, and presence rather than…
Psychology says the loneliest people in a room are often the most socially skilled because they learned early to perform connection instead of feel it
Psychology says the loneliest people in a room are often the most socially skilled because they learned early to perform connection instead of feel it There’s a individual at every party you’ve ever before been to. Not surprisingly you’ve been them. They…
I’m 38 and I watched my parents retire with everything they worked for — a paid-off house, savings, good health — and then slowly, year by year, become two people who sit in separate rooms scrolling their phones because they forgot how to be interesting to each other
I’m 38 and I watched my parents retire with everything they worked for — a paid-off house, savings, good health — and then slowly, year by year, become two people who sit in separate rooms scrolling their phones because they forgot how to be…
Psychology says the most dangerous form of loneliness isn’t being alone. It’s being surrounded by people while performing a version of yourself that none of them would recognize if they saw you at home on a Sunday afternoon.
Psychology says the most dangerous form of loneliness isn’t being alone. It’s being surrounded by people while performing a version of yourself that none of them would recognize if they saw you at home on a Sunday afternoon. There’s a details…
Apple has quietly become the largest watchmaker in the world by unit sales, shipping more than twice as many watches as the entire Swiss industry combined — but the Swiss industry, which dismissed the Apple Watch in 2015, has discovered something more interesting: they’ve held onto the high end, and Rolex alone is now closing in on Apple Watch by revenue
Apple has quietly become the largest watchmaker in the world by unit sales, shipping more than twice as many watches as the entire Swiss industry combined — but the Swiss industry, which dismissed the Apple Watch in 2015, has discovered something more…
When Edme Mariotte stared at marks on a wall in the 1660s, one mark vanished inside a six-degree hole where the optic nerve leaves the eye and the brain has been filling in wallpaper, sky, and faces ever since
When Edme Mariotte stared at marks on a wall in the 1660s, one mark vanished inside a six-degree hole where the optic nerve leaves the eye and the brain has been filling in wallpaper, sky, and faces ever since Edme Mariotte rendered a place disappear on…
In 1859 a storm on the Sun struck the Earth so hard that telegraph wires threw sparks and operators were shocked at their desks, and scientists warn the same event today would knock out power grids across entire continents.
In 1859 a storm on the Sun struck the Earth so hard that telegraph wires threw sparks and operators were shocked at their desks, and scientists warn the same event today would knock out power grids across entire continents. The historic claim in the lede…