This archive page lists the last 100 articles in the Ness Labs library by date and title. Articles are listed in reverse chronological order with the newest articles at the top and the oldest ones at the bottom. If you want to read the best articles first, you can also explore the library by thematic categories.
- Fight or flight: understanding how the stress response works
- Focus, relax, and sleep with Endel
- Self-handicapping: when we avoid effort to protect our self-esteem
- Reducing information anxiety with the founder of Joggo
- The psychology of regret: how inaction affects our sense of self
- Building a latticework of mental models with ModelThinkers
- Projection bias: how your “emotional temperature” impacts your decisions
- The impact of the ambiguity effect on decision-making
- Life management: a holistic approach to make the most of your life
- The MoSCoW method of prioritization
- Emotional exhaustion: a leading indicator of burnout
- Eliminating bias in online education with the founder of Learnopoly
- How the end-of-history illusion prevents you from shaping your future self
- Exploring the power of note-making with the co-founder of Obsidian
- Functional fixedness: when we stick to what we know
- The creative brain: three ways to cultivate your creative thinking
- Building a swarm of thoughts with the founders of Napkin
- The science of eureka moments
- How to quantify our focus with the founder of Rize
- The rise of fake scientists
- Is there a perfect productivity system?
- Taking back control of our time with the co-founder of Hera
- The willpower paradox: when confident self-talk becomes counterproductive
- Building a knowledge garden with Kosmik
- Not-to-do list: a conscious way to break bad habits
- The psychology of revenge bedtime procrastination
- An ode to slowness: the benefits of slowing down
- Building a healthier internet with Jeremy Hurst, co-founder of Idenati
- Should we really focus on one thing at a time?
- Negative capability: how to embrace intellectual uncertainty
- Procrastination triggers: eight reasons why you procrastinate
- The Praise Paradox: when well-intended words backfire
- The framing effect: how the way information is framed impacts our decisions
- Hotkeys: how to customize your shortcuts in Roam Research
- Building an infinite canvas for your thoughts with Julia Pierce, Director at Scapple
- Decision fatigue: how a burden of choices leads to irrational trade-offs
- Exploring the power of mind mapping with Michael Hollauf, co-founder of Meister
- The Seven Sins of Memory
- Egocentric bias: why we feel like the main character in our own movie
- Roam versus Notion: which one is best for you?
- Unbounded learning: how to unshackle your education
- Learning through your ears with Yehoshua Zlotogorski, founder of Alpe Audio
- Declinism: how rosy retrospection impacts decision-making
- Are you a taker, a giver, or a matcher?
- The Barnum Effect: why we love astrology and personality tests
- Write things down and get them done with Amplenote
- Taste: why we like what we like
- 90 journaling prompts to spark new personal insights
- Free your thoughts with the founders of Supernotes
- The power of simplicity: how to manage our complexity bias
- Musturbation: the irrational demand for perfection
- The three types of burnout
- The mindful productivity audit: 10 questions to improve your well-being at work
- Building the world’s most customizable workspace with Ivan Zhao, co-founder of Notion
- The fallacy of “what gets measured gets managed”
- When to use pages, tags, or attributes in Roam Research?
- Anxious for no apparent reason? It may be time to press “reset”
- The educational and economic necessity of lifelong learning
- The problem with work-life balance
- The Semmelweis Reflex: when current beliefs trump new knowledge
- The ambidextrous mindset: how to balance exploration and exploitation
- Nootropics, adaptogens, brain foods… What the heck is going on?
- The Diderot Effect: why we buy things we don’t need
- 9 useful templates for Roam Research
- Sophrosyne: the art of mindful moderation
- Navigating the mind: 40 major fields of psychology and neuroscience
- The benefits of stretching: why your body needs to move
- The Nirvana fallacy: when perfectionism leads to unrealistic solutions
- Why do we need to be right?
- Jootsing: the art of jumping out of the system
- Behind the scenes: how to start a website as an online creator
- Creative burnout: when the creativity tap runs dry
- Overcoming learned helplessness
- Emotional fitness and leadership with Dr. Emily Anhalt
- From note-taking to note-making
- Creating habits: how long does it take to form a habit?
- 5 thinking tools to add to your metacognitive toolbox
- Scaling down: on seeking fewer goals, relationships, and experiences
- The butterfly effect: the impact of deterministic chaos on our lives
- How to use templates in Roam Research [[roam/templates]]
- 2020 year in review: chaos and community
- Activation energy: the chemistry of getting started
- Holiday gift guide for the curious minds
- Curiosity and consistency: thoughts on growing a newsletter
- Selective ignorance: cultivating intentional knowledge in a chaotic world
- The difference between efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency
- The benefits of laziness: why being a lazy person can be good for you
- JavaScript plugins for Roam Research [[roam/js]]
- High-leverage activities: how to identify your energy multipliers
- Textual maps and the future of text
- Productivity and permaculture with Marie Poulin
- Inductive versus deductive reasoning: how to make stronger arguments
- How to upload and play audio files in Roam Research
- Lethologica: what happens when a word is on the tip of the tongue
- Memory bias: how selective recall can impact your memories
- Exaggeration: why we make a mountain out of a molehill
- Altered states of consciousness: the elusiveness of the mind
- Interview: Building an anti-regret machine with Tyler Bryden
- How to take notes while reading a book
- Personal values: how knowing yourself can guide your actions