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Tag Archives: life
You’re richer than you think.
While sitting in the queue to pay the toll for the Bay Bridge Monday, I heard two great counterintuitive pieces on KQED. The first was a thoughtful comparison between our quality of life now compared to the distant past. It … Continue reading
Posted in econ, happiness
Tagged american, bank, card, costs, credit, credit card, debt, econ, economics, expenses, home, income, increase, input, interest, leader, life, living, loan, media, national, npr, of, outlay, output, pay, personal, personal debt, public, quality, radio, rate, ruler, salary, savings
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News flash: Livable cities are sustainable cities.
NPR’s Morning Edition recently featured an excellent two part series on the aggregate effects of our living decisions on the environment. The stories hit hard from the angle that suburbia increases per capita carbon footprint while denser, urban living offers … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, politics, transit
Tagged ATL, atlanta, carbon, cities, city, commute, cost, cost of living, dense, denser, emissions, families, family, footprint, georgia, green, life, living, morning edition, npr, of, planning, quality, quality of life, suburban, suburbia, sustainable, transit, transportation, urban
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“Hacking” traffic signals in the City
Driving so many hours in the City offers a lot of time for thinking, especially thinking about driving. I put a lot of thought toward the question: How can I reach a destination most quickly? The answer is rather complicated, … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, transit
Tagged green, hacking, hacks, intersection, life, life hacking, light, red, san francisco, sf, signal, timing, traffic, traffic light, yellow
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Doing things we don’t like makes us human.
My friend Steve sent me this NY Times article by David Brooks. In a nutshell, Mr. Brooks says we ought to ‘outsource’ things we don’t like doing or thinking about with technology. Says Mr. Brooks, use a GPS instead of … Continue reading
Posted in happiness
Tagged brains, challenge, life, meaning of life, mental, outsourcing, thinking, thought
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