User:Simon/Special Issue 7
Precarization
Becoming Common: Precarization as Political Constituting
Universal basic income is becoming an urgent necessity - Guy Standing (economist)
The Entreprecariat
Fake It till You Make It: The Genesis of the Entrepreneurial Precariat
Special Issue 2: The Entreprecariat
Life Hacks
lifehacker.com Lifehacker.com lists its productivity advice in the following criteria:
- Video (videos of hack instructions)
- Skillet (cooking techniques)
- Two cents (finances)
- Vitals (health)
- Offspring (parenting)
- The Upgrade (career)
- App directory (listing of links to downloadable productivity apps)
- How I work (testimonials and interviews with lifehacker.com staff and others)
Doing nothing
A website that encourages visitors to do nothing for two minutes (basically do not touch your mouse or keyboard for two minutes)
Guided meditation
Binaural beats
Two slightly different frequencies, played over a stereo system. The tones are separate, but are so close that they can be perceived as one tone. They are part of an emerging sound therapy, used to achieve the following:
- reduced stress
- reduced anxiety
- increased focus
- increased concentration
- increased motivation
- increased confidence
- deeper meditation
- improved psychomotor performance and mood
The Shower Principle
Made famous in the TV show 30 Rock, the shower principle is a theory that creative ideas come when one is distracted from the problem at hand, like when in the shower.
30 Rock - The Shower Priniciple