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• 🎯 How to make irreversible decisions

• 🫥 Loneliness as a new trend

• ⏰ Is snoozing the alarm good for you?

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Book of the Week

The 4-Hour Body is a guide to improve your health with minimal effort and unconventional methods, covering topics such as nutrition, exercise, supplements, hormones, and lifestyle habits. The techniques can be used to achieve anything, from fat loss to better sleep, sex, and extreme athletic performance.

Top Articles

A roundup of the week's most popular articles and essays from Playtext.

1. Reversible and Irreversible Decisions (10 min)

Improve your decision-making skills by understanding the difference between reversible and irreversible decisions. Learn more about the concept of one-way and two-way doors, inspired by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, to decide whether to act fast or slow.

2. Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out (16 min)

Have you noticed how people have become more isolated? This article explores the historical and cultural factors that led to this and the consequences of spending more time alone and online.

3. Is Snoozing the Alarm Good or Bad for Your Health? (9 min)

Have you ever heard that snoozing the alarm can be bad for you? That might not be entirely true. Some recent studies have found new evidence that the habit can actually lead to some benefits for sleep quality and cognition. But be aware: snoozing impacts people in different ways.

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