Category: Experiences
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Don’t be a Krank
In “Christmas with the Kranks” Luther turns Christmas into a math problem. “Skip Christmas and spend it on us for a change!” Math problems are important; life is full of them. But make sure the math problems are in service of your life and the lives of others, and not…
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Please don’t connect
Google is giving a local park $100k to build wi-fi connectivity into park benches. Screentime is a sickness. There is no sense in being diplomatic about it. The internet has some incredible uses, but like anything good, there is a time and a place. And while we have gotten to…
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“It’s Getting Too Expensive to Have Fun”
That was the title from a WSJ article earlier this week, and I am sympathetic to the fact that Taylor Swift concert tickets are exorbitantly high, Disney is more expensive than it used to be, and a San Diego Zoo membership ain’t cheap. But of course, it has to be…
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Cool, but unsustainable
Every single truck Rivian sells loses the company more than $30,000. It is undoubtedly a very cool vehicle, and is likely the highest quality truck you can buy in many respects. But the company is going to have to make serious changes to still be viable within a few years.…
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Bird watching
When you go bird watching with a local Audubon group, you’ll discover fairly quickly that you must do much more than simply look with your eyes. You do lots more walking, and standing still, and mostly listening. But after awhile and with some practice you may get to watch some…
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A little bit of doubt can go a long way
When asked about whether he approaches his endurance exploits with a typical “You can do it, you can do it” sort of self-talk, Lazarus Lake had this to say: For myself, when I’m involved in something like this, there’s not really time to give myself a pep talk. I’m totally…
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Happiness and satisfaction
In a 2018 conversation, economists Tyler Cowen and Daniel Kahneman had the following exchange re: part of Kahneman’s research: COWEN: You also have a paper on happiness with Alan Krueger, using what you call the Day Reconstruction Method — how much people enjoy different experiences. One result from that paper is how much people…
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Vulnerability and money
Here’s a story from my marriage: But let me back up: I hate watching movies at home in the dark. Like, who decided that when we sit down to put a movie on in the living room we have to go around turning all the lamps off? Oh, is it…
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The trouble with being rich
The trouble with being rich is that since you can solve with your checkbook virtually all of the practical problems that bedevil ordinary people, you are left in your leisure with nothing but the great human problems to contend with: how to be happy, how to love and be loved,…
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Thankfulness is financially savvy
Here’s a reminder that being thankful–choosing to be thankful–is supremely helpful in getting you to a state of contentment. Like, just look at something around you right now and find it in yourself to be thankful for it. Do it. Then do it a couple more times. The more you do…
Meaningful Returns 