Take Back The Day

The dichotomy of productivity is that you have to spend a lot of time doing nothing in order to do other stuff well. In this conversation Sam and Simon explore the quest for pointless activities. Stuff mentioned in this episode:The ridiculous cost of sportses, and how it impedes our progress as a species.Bertrand Russell, who had a lot to say about doing nothing.The Pomodoro Technique.The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss.The elephant and rider problem from the Happiness Hypothesis.Freedom for Productivity, which keeps Sam off the internets when she needs to do stuff.Mihály Csíkszentmihályi‘s Flow psychology.Hemingway – Simon’s new favourite writing tool.George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language.The Count Censored.Nyancoin – our new official currency. And Dogecoin. Because Homestar Runner.Momentum for Chrome.Slaan daardie slang.