Articles In Defense of Idleness Wendell O’Brien says, ‘Just Don’t Do It’. In a sense, every living person is always doing ...

The pandemic has either created too much free time or too little. Kitchen-table commutes and reduced social obligations expand mornings and weekends for some, while caretakers and gig workers are ...

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 ...

To be idle is to not be doing anything. Idleness is often romanticized, as epitomized by the Italian expression dolce far niente (‘it is sweet to do nothing’). Many people tell themselves that they ...

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 ...