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.
- Zemblanity: the inexorability of unfortunate discoveries
- Building thoughtful communities with Sid Yadav, co-founder of Circle
- How to overwrite your cognitive scripts
- From inspiration to idea sex: how to generate ideas on demand
- Novelty fallacy: why new isn’t always better
- Fear setting: an exercise to define and conquer your fears
- How to switch from Workflowy to Notion
- Metacognition: the mind’s Swiss Army knife
- Building an infopunk’s digital garden with Ida Josefiina, co-founder of Sane
- How to switch from Evernote to Obsidian
- Comparison anxiety: how to stop comparing yourself to others
- Liminal Creativity
- How to switch from Notion to Obsidian
- The power of introspection
- Creative aliveness: turning life into a creative adventure
- How to switch from Roam to RemNote
- Can you get a doctorate online, and should you?
- Mimetic learning: the power of learning through imitation
- Create a network of thoughts with Steffen Bleher and Michael von Hohnhorst, co-founders of Capacities
- Habit trackers: does tracking your habits actually work?
- Protect your focus with Peter Hartree, creator of Inbox When Ready
- The arrival fallacy: why we should decouple our happiness from our goals
- How to switch from Evernote to Roam Research
- Capture the big picture with Maks Kuchur, founder of xTiles
- Availability bias: the tendency to use information that easily comes to mind
- Thinking faster to create more with Andrew Nalband, founder of Thunk
- How to switch from Evernote to Notion
- The paradoxical power of humility: how being humble is a strength
- Creating scalable knowledge spaces with Heiko Haller, co-founder of Infinity Maps
- Creative Problem Solving: from complex challenge to innovative solution
- Unshackling knowledge management with Samiur Rahman, co-founder of Heyday
- How to use strength-based journaling for self-esteem and resilience
- Cognitive bottlenecks: the inherent limits of the thinking mind
- Present bias: how instant gratification impacts your long-term goals
- How to access paywalled research papers without institutional access
- The psychology of unfinished tasks
- Get smarter everyday with Vladimir Oane, founder of Deepstash
- Temptation bundling: how to stop procrastinating by boosting your willpower
- Servant leadership: why being a servant leader is worth the work
- Building an extension of your mind with Tobias van Schneider, co-founder of mymind
- How to switch from Roam Research to Logseq
- How to switch from Notion to Roam Research
- How to switch from Roam Research to Obsidian
- Planning your intentions and ambitions with Ashutosh Priyadarshy, founder of Sunsama
- The false compromise fallacy: why the middle ground is not always the best
- Self-organized knowledge management with George Levin, CEO of Hints
- The dangers of apophenia: not everything happens for a reason
- Control your time to free your mind with Nunzio Martinello, founder of Akiflow
- Weak arguments and how to spot them
- The psychology of negative thinking
- The TEA framework of productivity: managing your time, energy, and attention
- Unlocking the power of less with Francesco D’Alessio, creator of Bento
- How to design a sustainable workplace at home and in the office
- Building your digital legacy with Kazuki Nakayashiki, co-founder of Glasp
- How developing mental immunity can protect us from bad ideas
- Making time for what matters with the co-founders of Agenda
- How to increase your creativity by cultivating creative self-efficacy
- What is neurodiversity?
- The emerging theory of authentic leadership
- Productivity addiction: when we become obsessed with productivity
- Psychological reactance: how we react to the threat of losing our freedom
- Using the goal gradient hypothesis to help people cross the finish line
- How to become a brain myth buster
- Building your web of knowledge with Scrintal
- The danger of emotional reasoning and using our emotions as proof
- Mae Jemison: the power of developing multifaceted skills
- Rosalind Franklin: the power of unbounded curiosity
- Vera Rubin: The power of evidence-based visual thinking
- Elizabeth Blackwell: the power of applied education
- Simone de Beauvoir: the power of intellectual advocacy
- Aspasia: the power of debate and collective learning
- Katherine Johnson: the power of questioning the rules
- Jane Goodall: the power of experimentation and conviction
- Ada Lovelace: the power of imagination and poetical science
- Marie Curie: the power of sharing radical ideas with the world
- Creating the perfect hybrid work space with Craig Doig, co-founder of Markee
- The Pink Elephant Paradox: how intrusive thoughts impact our emotions and decisions
- Scaling peer-to-peer learning with Jennifer Smith, founder of Scribe
- Gratitude traps: why we should be critical of gratefulness
- Nurturing thoughtful relationships with the co-founders of Clay
- Mental filtering: when we focus on negative details
- The science of self-love: the evidence-based benefits of loving yourself
- Augmenting product work with Rishank Pandey, co-founder of Workduck
- Social proof: is there always safety in numbers?
- Exploring the power of augmented intentionality with Welf von Hören, founder of Potential
- Your circle of competence: should you stick within it or step outside of it?
- Fostering authentic relationships in distributed teams with the co-founder of Remotion
- Belief perseverance: why we cling on to old ideas
- From knowledge-management to knowledge-creation with the founders of RemNote
- Learned optimism: how to cultivate a talent for positive thinking
- The art and science of abstract thinking
- Attentional bias: the invisible puppeteer behind our decisions
- Become more calm and conscious with Kai Koch, co-founder of Ahead
- The Zwicky box: a powerful method for problem solving and creativity
- The power of self-reflection at work
- 2021 year in review: making friends with fear
- Designing a better reading experience with Ben Springwater, co-founder of Matter
- Redefining knowledge management with Kevin Lin, founder of Dendron
- How to measure meaning in life
- Living and working outside your inbox with the co-founder of Mailman