Using Dishabituation To Increase Happiness & Enjoy Experiences More
Lyn Alden’s Newsletter On The Economy, Inflation, Interest Rates, Markets & The Fed
Avoiding Burnout & A Mid-Life Crisis. Life tends to follow a U-shaped curve of happiness, bottoming in your mid 40s:
Bad Things Pile Up As The Years Go On
Why It’s Better To Book Early Morning Flights – Avoid Stress, Cancellations & Save Money
Due To Soaring Home Prices, Builders Are Creating Tiny 400-Foot Home Neighborhoods
Alcohol use has dropped for everyone, except middle-aged women.
ChatGPT Is For Doing, Not Searching, & Here’s What It Does Best Right Now: Writing, Summarizing, Recommendations, Mentoring & Projects
U.S. healthcare spending and the results.
One quick note on the graph above. I’ve read/heard that one of the biggest reasons America’s average lifespan is so low compared to other developed countries is due to the enormous number of young men that are killing each other (mostly with guns) in the United States. Those (young) deaths pull the average down significantly.
Some of the pandemic darlings are still down 76% or more:
Why Appliances Break Down More Often Than They Used To – When a complicated machine fails, technicians say they have a much harder time figuring out what went wrong. Even if the technician does diagnose the problem, consumers are often left with repairs that exceed half the cost of replacement, rendering the machine totaled. In the majority of cases, buying a new one makes more economic sense than repairing it.
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