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Honey, You're Just a Spring Chicken
Why We Need to Stop Saying "I'm Too Old" and Also No More "40 Under 40" Lists Plz
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Karla Starr
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March 2024

How to Be a Human in a Post-Truth World
On Attention Regulation and other Soft Skills for the Apocalypse
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Karla Starr
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Why Being in Charge of Housework is Exhausting
The Mental Load as Unescapable Domestic Affordances
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Karla Starr
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February 2024

The Case for Making Huge Changes
Buy that house, quit those friends, do that thing
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Karla Starr

September 2023

Why "Irrational" Choices Make Biological Sense: Putting the Human Back in Decision-Making
Behavioral Economists' Obsession with Weaponizing Rationality
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Karla Starr

August 2023

The Relativity Theory of Judgment
We're all in different bubbles, just trying to do our best 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Karla Starr
Equanimity is the real productivity hack
Unlearning that nagging "I'm not doing it right feeling"
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Karla Starr

May 2023

Welcome to Peak Complexity: Why Modern Life is So Exhausting
It's not just you, life is uniquely designed to be tiring AF
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Karla Starr
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February 2023

The Pitfalls of Using Data to Correct Someone's Personal Experience: Not Realizing How Wrong You Are
A Case Study in Hypocognition and Correcting a Black Woman on Being a Black Woman
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Karla Starr

November 2022

The Life-Changing Magic of Letting Yourself Take Breaks
The Benefits of Being Inconsistent and Having a Psychologically Rich Life
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Karla Starr
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September 2022

These Angry Male Thought Leaders Need Hugs
I'm not fucking doing it, though
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Karla Starr
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August 2022

The Dominant Discourse on Work is Set by Lucky, Privileged Workaholics
Malcolm Gladwell's Advice on Office Work is as Useful as Sex Advice from Virgins
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Karla Starr
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