One of my favourite essays is Denis Diderot’s “Regrets for my Old Dressing Gown”. This piece from the late 18th century tells the tale of how Diderot replaced his old dressing gown for a new, fancy one. Feeling that the furniture and artwork in his study were no...
Deep Work by Cal Newport raises an interesting question. How could it be that with all of our technological advances that knowledge workers (as opposed to factory workers) are no more efficient and faster than workers in our parents’ and grandparents’ generation even...
