Wu Wanders & Wonders

Sonder (n.) the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with his/her own ambitions, friends, routines, worries, and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you (Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows)

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This is your brain on shopping, and it's not very smart

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What’s across the ocean from you when you’re at the beach, in 7 fascinating maps

If you’re on the beach, these maps show you what’s across the ocean around the world

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The Banks Brought Down Greece

Why are they escaping blame?

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The Wetsuitman

Last winter two bodies were found in Norway and the Netherlands. They were wearing identical wetsuits. The police in three countries were involved in the case, but never managed to identify them. This is the story of who they were.

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Are the People Who Take Vacations the Ones Who Get Promoted?

Research makes a new case for using your paid time off.

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Images Show That There Are 2 Kinds Of People In This World

2 Kinds Of People is a Tumblr page that posts images showing the -- SURPRISE! -- 2 kinds of people in this world.

I’m both!

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What People Around the World Dream About

An atlas of the subconscious, from Tijuana to Reykjavik

I don’t think I really dream (or at least I don’t remember them!)

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The Chinese Art of the Crowd

After viewing news photographs from China for years, one of my favorite visual themes is "large crowds in formation."

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Being Raised Wealthy Changes the Way You Think About Work and Parenting

The dynamics of inter-class marriages reveal that money predictably influences the way one goes on to think about with work, emotions, and parenting.

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Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition

There's more to life than leaving home.

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How Wealth is Sticky

Young people born to rich families who don't go to college are 2.5 times more likely to end up in the richest quartile than young people born to poor families who do go college.

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How Women Change Men

Evidently, the takeaway for women who want advancement at work and chore-sharing at home is this: work for a male CEO with lots of daughters, no sisters, and a working wife, and marry a man with plenty of female colleagues and a paycheck that’s bigger than yours.

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Lean Out: The Dangers for Women Who Negotiate - The New Yorker

Research suggests that women who stand up for themselves in negotiations may not get what they want. The tactic may even backfire.

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Before I Go: A Stanford neurosurgeon’s parting wisdom about life and time

Stricken by lung cancer, Dr. Paul Kalanithi, chief resident in neurological surgery at at Stanford University, shared his thoughts about what's important in life.

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A data genius computes the ultimate American road trip

Who needs an atlas when you have an algorithm?

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Why eating chocolate is good for you

Last year four bears were found dead in New Hampshire after demolishing 90 pounds of chocolate and junk food – all four died of heart attacks. Despite this, for most people the occasional piece of chocolate remains a safe and even healthy pleasure

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In the Crosshairs - The New Yorker

The complexities of Chris Kyle, his book/movie, and his societal impact are easily reduced by people on both sides (American hero vs. racist killer), but this article does a good job teasing out the brave, cowardly, and quite troubled aspects of his life, as well as reflect on the larger American military narrative