Back To Work

DISCUSSED: not everything can be everything; pain accumulates; getting weepy about a cool teacher; expanding on our new thought technology for reframing negative thoughts and feelings; abstracting that new thought technology to tons of different endeavors; why won't they just let me win this video game?; the scissors and Scotch Tape are wherever you left them; the joys of ritual and control; the importance of infrastructure; break the big thing into a bunch of little things; Merlin performs a brief recitation of Back to Work's Greatest Hits; please cut up my food for me please; theme dining nights rule; praise for Daniel Kahneman; it used to be so confusing when TV shows had inside film and outside film. Links for this episode:5by5 | Back to Work #479: Use or AvoidDan Columbos Merlin with a question about napping, which leads to some surprising insights on our feelings about success and failure. Thinking, Fast and Slow - WikipediaFawlty Towers - Wikipedia"Fair is…"Penny Arcade - News - Dear DiarySo