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A book cover of "The Art of Spending Money" by Morgan Housel, with the text "an excerpt from" on a blue background to the left—exploring how to be miserable spending money.

Books

If you want to be miserable, then spend your money like this

In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.

A collage with black-and-white portraits partly obscured by red squares evokes themes of existentialism and absurdism; one shows a man walking, the other a figure pushing a boulder uphill.

Mini Philosophy

Would you rather be an absurdist or an existentialist? Here’s the difference between the two.

How to look cool in post-war France in black and white photos.

A man emerges from an ice hole in a frozen body of water, surrounded by snow and ice, taking a cold plunge during winter.

Mini Philosophy

The cold-plunge fallacy: Why some fads may never work for you

It's OK to hate a frigid pond.

A person wearing a wide-brim hat and vest crouches beside a tree stump covered with various fungi, gazing in wonder at the fascinating growths in the green forested area.

Mini Philosophy

3 ways to find and invite more wonder

Wonder is like a guest you haven’t planned for.

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