How to Lead a More Gratifying Life
We’ve optimized nearly every part of modern life. So why does it feel like we’re missing the experience of actually living it?
In The Small Stuff, Ian Bogost argues that our obsession with happiness, productivity, and efficiency has stripped everyday life of something essential: gratification, the immediate pleasure of physically engaging with the world around us. Today, he makes the case for rediscovering the sensory delights hiding in the life you already lead.
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