473. Emily Oster, Economist, Author, Professor, Runner
"Running has served many purposes over my whole life. But in this particular set of moments now — where so much of what I'm doing is not exactly about metrics, but about data and trying to achieve or accomplish something — I realized that trying to meet some particular bar or some standard with running was not the relationship I wanted to have with that activity. I want running to be something I do for me... It's supposed to be fun."
If you're a parent, you're probably familiar with Emily Oster. She's an economist and professor of economics at Brown University, but among the child-rearing…
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