Stories by paulpauper

Walking on two feet was an energy-saving step (2007)

The problem with cashless restaurants

Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong

Are Successful Writers the Smartest People Alive?

Sally Rooney Gets in Your Head

Doing Dishes Is the Worst

The Vimes Boots Theory: Further Reflections

Student loan crisis: putting it in perspective

Stocks prices are a proxy for our beliefs about the future

Meet the Bros of /r/WallStreetBets Who Lose Thousands of $ Day–And Brag About It

How Two Tiny Volatility Products Helped Fuel a Sudden Stock Slump

Millennials spend less previous generations cause they have less money, Fed says

Greenland ice melting 'even in winter'

‘Completely Bizarre’ Stock Moves Leave Traders Scratching Heads

The Moral Horror of America’s Prisons

Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy?

A Gutted I.R.S. Makes the Rich Richer

Dow dives 400 points to end its worst week in 10 years

Presidents play with fire when they brag about the stock market

5 reasons creative geniuses like Einstein, Twain and Zuckerberg had messy desks