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Only 3% of the population are “supertaskers." The rest of us just pretend to be.

Bill Gates has become a powerful influence on publishing. An endorsement from the philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder can cause tangible sales spikes, reminiscent of the golden ticket that once…

The world's richest man is arguing for taxing and slowing automation.

The battle over Disney World's municipal designation ties back to the company's statements on a controversial Florida law.

The “test two, choose one” approach can help entrepreneurs determine which path to follow in their startup's quest for "product-market fit."

Let's not draw the wrong lessons, again, from Justin's career choices

Telecommuting has grown faster than any other way of getting to work—up 159% since 2000.

Enjoy your favorite apps that make your life easier while you can.

Japanese seasons, sekki, and their sub-sections, kō, are a different way of thinking about time and how we give it meaning.

The task of designing solutions for homebound populations is particularly acute in Japan, where over a quarter of its population is unable to work due to physical disabilities, mental illness, or old…

«the cafe’s teleworking model could be a path to employment for people saddled with child care and homeschooling duties or people who, for health reasons, can’t be in public during the covid-19 pandemic.»

Blaise Pascal set out the most effective way to persuade someone, centuries before there was any formal study of persuasion.

«People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.»

How leaders can better set priorities for themselves and others

Wes McKinney hated the idea of researchers wasting their time, so he created the wildly popular data science tool called "Pandas" for the Python programming language.

For programmers, this is a blockbuster announcement in the world of data science.

We've learned a lot in our first month operating a hybrid office, and wanted to share those lessons for managers and executives thinking through similar questions right now.

«Even when you’re in the office, the work itself is still best done with the assumption that everyone is remote.»

The blogging platform's parent, a remote-working advocate, wound up listing the property.

Happiness is habit-forming.

«Thin slices of joy occur in life everywhere… and once you start noticing it, something happens, you find it’s always there.»

Personal-finance experts and economists tend to offer different advice on issues like saving, retirement, and paying down debt.

«Why does personal finance advice so frequently depart from economic theory? The paper suggests the former group tends to take psychology into account, while the latter is operating in a purely rational world.»

I asked 1,500 people for relationship advice, and kept getting the same answers.

«The other “wrong” reason to enter into a relationship is, like Greg said, to “fix” yourself. This desire to use the love of someone else to soothe your own emotional problems inevitably leads to codependence»

We need to apply new thinking to education, retraining, and workplace tools if we want to maximize creativity.

Thirty songs that feel like a gift from a music-loving friend, but were cooked up by an algorithm.