Scott H Young

Studying for school can be hard, but the process is pretty straightforward: Outside of school, though, this strategy breaks down. It’s impossible even to be aware of all the books that might be useful for any given subject, never mind actually reading them all.  In an infinite library, choosing what material to learn dwarfs even […]

What if being productive doesn’t mean feeling productive? A paradox of productivity is that the things that feel productive—working incessantly, checking off lots of tasks, feeling strained and drained—are often not what produces important accomplishments; in fact, these things can get in the way.  Recently, two of my friends have written books which argue versions […]

The best habit to improve your reading is to ask after every impassioned argument, “What’s the rebuttal?”

Burnout can be understood as a mismatch between six different elements of the work environment: workload, control, reward, community, fairness and values.