When a product tries to do too much, it often sacrifices quality and reliability in the process. In fact, as soon as you hear of a product doing more than one thing, you’re inclined to think it’s merely passable at one and pretty terrible at the other. If...
Sometimes, in order to see the bigger picture, you have to zoom in. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a young girl is assigned to write an essay. She only needs to write 500 words and can pick any topic. But she’s stuck. She struggles to come...
I’m not sure if you believe in miracles, luck or serendipity, but all three of them struck one Sunday in a tiny Nebraska church in 1950. It's a cold March in Nebraska. We're at the West Side Baptist Church. Choir practice starts at 7:15....
From my journal, unedited: I need to renew some commitments. My commitment to life, my enjoyment of it, and my commitment to bettering my mind and body. I need to be in the field, but not toiling. Merely working, testing, experimenting, playing. I can't become an attack dog,...
As a correspondent on The Daily Show, Hasan Minhaj honed his comedic voice and developed a unique brand of political satire. While many aspiring comedians might focus on honing their jokes and perfecting their punchlines, Minhaj credits a different aspect of comedy as being crucial to his success: the "...
On my first day of school, before the bell even rang, I got into a fight. It was the first of many. I was in detention so often that my parents were never sure what time school actually finished. By the time I was forced to switch schools two and...
