In 2004, office workers stayed on one screen for an average of two and a half minutes before switching. By the late 2010s, Gloria...
The Shrinking Span of Screen Attention in the Digital Workplace
Two and a half minutes can feel almost spacious beside 47 seconds. Yet those are...
Psychology says people who sleep in the same bed as their pets aren’t necessarily anxious or over-attached — pets can become genuine attachment figures,...
Sharing the Bed with Pets: More Than Just a Quirky Habit
Somewhere between the pillow and the edge of the mattress, a nightly negotiation over...
A meaningful life isn’t a checklist you finish by 70, and the research shows what it really rests on
Why Life’s Meaning Isn’t a Checklist to Complete by Seventy
As people reach a certain age, especially around seventy, the internet often floods with checklists...
In 1886 a club of Rockefellers, Morgans and Vanderbilts paid $125,000 for Jekyll Island off Georgia and kept it as a private winter retreat...
The Gilded Age’s Most Exclusive Playground
In 1904, Munsey’s Magazine conducted a survey of the private playgrounds of America’s wealthiest elite and crowned Jekyll Island...
Psychology says people who accumulate five or six nicknames for a single pet aren’t eccentric or overly attached — they’re using the same kind...
Why Calling Your Dog Sir Wigglebottom Is More Normal Than You Think
Somewhere right now, a grown adult is standing in a kitchen addressing a...