Articles about fiction and non-fiction books and how they can help us live a better life.
. “The Internet helps people help themselves,” Alexis Ohanian wrote in his book “The Story of Reddit and a Blueprint for How to Change the World.” And I couldn’t agree more. Founded in 2005, Reddit is the best place on the Internet to connect with like-minded people, ask questions, and find inspiration for your creative … Read more
. “What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won’t always be bleak, there’s a way to rise above the present circumstances,” Wayne W. Dyer writes in his book There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem. Then he adds, “Hope is an internal awareness that you do … Read more
. “Tell all the truth but tell it slant — / Success in Circuit lies,” Emily Dickinson famously wrote. Case in point: The Onion, one of the best known honest fake news websites in the United States that takes this injunction very seriously. It proudly declares that it “supports more than 350,000 full- and part-time … Read more
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own,” Emerson wrote while contemplating the value of solitude. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (September 29, 1934–October 20, 2021) echoes this belief in his book “Flow.” He starts by considering the perils of unconscious living afflicted by … Read more