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How Money Affects Morality

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/how-money-affects-morality/?partner=rss&emc=rss “Human history is full of examples of money’s ability to weaken even the firmest ethical backbone.” “Money sows mistrust. It ends friendships. Experiments have found that it encourages us to lie and cheat. As Karl Marx, the scourge of capitalism, noted, ‘‘Money then appears as the enemy of man and social bonds that pretend […]

The Necessary Art of Subtraction

The tendency of our lives, businesses, art, is to keep adding: more furniture, clothes, gadgets, tasks, appointments, features to websites and apps, words to our writing. Continual addition isn’t sustainable or desirable: Too many things to do means we’re always busy, with no time for rest, stillness, contemplation, creativity, time with loved ones. Overwhelming customers […]

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