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Re:Headspace vs. Calm: A Meditation-App Battle That’s Anythi... by yoz-y on Sunday December 16, 2018 @06:01AM (#18692584)
It's really not that hard to find out at least one reason for each of these.

Because just doing pushups is not enough and even those can de done badly. Because cooking yourself is a completely different experience from going out to eat, part of the experience is precisely _not having to cook and clean_. Because some people can't help themselves and could end up in really bad places, because for some people spending time doing taxes could be very well used otherwise...

Re:Headspace vs. Calm: A Meditation-App Battle That’s Anythi... by chewz on Sunday December 16, 2018 @06:32AM (#18692676)
I advise everyone reading Die Kunst des stilvollen Verarmens. Wie man ohne Geld reich wird [The Art of Growing Poor Stylishly] by Alexander von Schönburg.

This is a book about why you do not really need all this stuff that commercial capitalism is trying to sell to you. It has inspired me years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Count_of_Sch%C3%B6n...

https://www.rowohlt.de/fm/592/sample%20translationSchoenburg...

https://www.amazon.de/Die-Kunst-stilvollen-Verarmens-reich/d...

Re:Headspace vs. Calm: A Meditation-App Battle That’s Anythi... by mojuba on Sunday December 16, 2018 @08:05AM (#18692895)
Skimmed through the sample translation and to my surprize not everything said there was as obvious as I was expecting it to be. Thanks!
Re:Headspace vs. Calm: A Meditation-App Battle That’s Anythi... by ramchip on Sunday December 16, 2018 @09:55AM (#18693268)
The samples are hilarious and thought-provoking. I’ll have to brush up my German to read this. Thanks for the recommendation!