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The Day Manager

On Essays

Our Tools and Us

The Dork Ages

The Path to Success

Momo and the True Nature of Time

Recreational Dystopia

On Silence and the Inner Voice

The View from the Pier

On Student Blocks

Modelling Idleness

The Clever, the Intelligent and the Importance of Vocabulary

On Tea and the Art of Doing Nothing

On The Futility of Offering Advice

The Record Collector

Snooker- Or, Sports vs. Games

On Procrastination

The Tragedy of English Cooking

A Milestone and a Gift

The Programme

On Retirement

No More DVDs At The Library

A Short Essay on Short Stories

The Beauty of Everyday Things

On Losing Work

Banks vs Saints

Before Service

The Ferryman

No News Is Good News

On Attention, Addiction and Algorithms

Two Arrows

On La Boétie and Voluntary Servitude

Thirty Five Years

The Curse of The Eternal Present

Non Fungible Talent

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