Game shows provide vivid examples of high-stakes decision-making biases. Previously, I’ve discussed non-rational bidding on The Price is Right, and today I’d like to consider contestant behavior on ...

“My father always called me a ‘useless article,’ ” Chris Davis tells me, driving through Bristol, England. “He said it in a rather nice way, of course.” In the midst of my research I had come up to ...

Writer Oliver Burkeman wanders through the archives thinking about the pros and cons of idleness. Helping with his enquiries are Bagpuss, Reagan and The Slobs, among others. Show more The writer, ...

TO-DAY I wanted to be idle; perhaps because it is so exceptionally lovely, or because the carpenter is working in the yard down below, or because the sun is shining, or for a thousand other reasons. I ...

In a recent survey in the US, 83% of people said they had no time for 'relaxation or thinking' at all. In a knowledge economy, what hope can we have as individuals or as corporations if we're not ...

Among all the young people living on the road, there’s a segment who are able to sustain their lifestyle because they work remotely. That means a lot of waking up early to find coffee shops with wifi ...

There’s a new movement happening in the mobile home industry, tiny homes. Crews all over the world are experimenting with them, especially a team out in France, Baluchon. If you’ve been keeping up ...

It has been almost two years since the economy recovered fully from the coronavirus pandemic, but more than 3 million workers are still missing from the workforce. University of Chicago economics ...

I was amused and shocked a few years ago when the first kids I know asked for palm pilots for Christmas. Cell phones I could see — we are a yakking culture — but palm pilots for 11-year-olds? Were ...