hng recommended There's More to Life Than Being Happy from theatlantic.com:

"If there is meaning in life at all," Frankl wrote, "then there must be meaning in suffering."

hng recommended An Alternative from zenhabits.net:

Is this what our lives are to be? A non-stop stream of productive tasks? A life-long work day? A computer program optimized for productivity and efficiency? A cog in a machine? What about joy? What about the sensory pleasure of lying in the grass with the sun shining on our closed eyes? What about the beauty of a nap while on the train? How about reading a novel for the sheer exhilaration of it, not to better yourself? What about spending time with someone for the love of being with someone, of making a genuine human connection that is unencumbered by productive purpose, unburdened by goals.

hng recommended Automatisierungsdividende für alle: Roboter müssen unsere Rente sichern — www.faz.net — Readability from readability.com:

Roboter und Algorithmen müssen unsere Rente und ein allgemeines Grundeinkommen erarbeiten.

hng recommended Warum Open Access in der Wissenschaft die Zukunft ist - Die ethische Maschine - derStandard.at › Web from derstandard.at:

was wir an öffentlichen Universitäten mit öffentlichen Geldern produziert haben, das sollten wir auch an die Gemeinschaft zurückgeben

hng recommended How to Master the Skill from zenhabits.net:

You have a movie (perhaps a series of them) that you play inside your head about yourself. Usually we aren’t aware of this, but it happens, throughout the day. The movie is about who we are: you have a flabby stomach, you are fat, you are too skinny, you aren’t disciplined, you aren’t lovable, your braces look weird, you aren’t good at anything. Start to pay attention when this movie plays — it affects everything you do. Realize that this movie isn’t you — it’s just playing in your head. Realize that it isn’t true, and isn’t based on reality. Realize that it can be changed.

hng recommended Die grüne Guerilla from freitag.de:

Zu den wesentlichen Adressaten gehören dabei die Stadtplaner und -verwalter, die man bei der Gestaltung des öffentlichen Raums darauf aufmerksam machen will, dass die Stadt kein Container für noch mehr Autobahnen und Shopping-Malls ist, sondern ein Lebensraum für alle, in dem auch über die Grundlagen der Existenz debattiert werden sollte.

hng recommended Der Anarchist aus Moskau Wir sind Profis from faz.net:

Kunst darf heute nur noch politisch sein und sonst nichts. Alles, was keine Politik ist, ist keine Kunst, sondern nur eine tote Vogelscheuche gefüllt mit Scheiße und Reflexion.

hng recommended How Turning My To-Dos into a Story Boosted My Memory and Solved My Procrastination Problem from lifehacker.com:

We all create stories to explain what happens in a day. A story is a tool to help us make sense of the world. But what about the future? What would happen if you turned your to-do list into a story as a rehearsal for the next day?