The Starr Report

Home
Notes
Write With Me!
Archive
About
How to Be a Human in a Post-Truth World
On Attention Regulation and other Soft Skills for the Apocalypse
 • 
Karla Starr
2
Why Being in Charge of Housework is Fucking Exhausting
The Mental Load as Unescapable Domestic Affordances
 • 
Karla Starr
2

February 2024

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

September 2023

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

August 2023

The Relativity Theory of Judgment
We're all in different bubbles, just trying to do our best 🤷🏼‍♀️
 • 
Karla Starr
Equanimity is the real productivity hack
Unlearning that nagging "I'm not doing it right feeling"
 • 
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
 • 
Karla Starr
9

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
 • 
Karla Starr

November 2022

The Life-Changing Magic of Letting Yourself Take Breaks
The Benefits of Being Inconsistent and Having a Psychologically Rich Life
 • 
Karla Starr
8

September 2022

These Angry Male Thought Leaders Need Hugs
I'm not fucking doing it, though
 • 
Karla Starr
5

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
 • 
Karla Starr

July 2022

Starr Salon #1
Thursday!
 • 
Karla Starr
© 2024 Karla Starr
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture