an excerpt from freud’s obit in the new york times:

“Whether he was a true scientist or not, Freud’s place is secure if for no other reason than that he broke down ancient taboos and cleared the way for a new approach to the mind.” He was, the editorial concluded, “the most effective disturber of complacency in our time.”

an absorbing short biography of jung in the new atlantis

The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain, and eventually it looks for shortcuts, usually in either of two very different ways. One shortcut is to become reckless: to act impulsively instead of expending the energy to first think through the consequences. (Sure, tweet that photo! What could go wrong?) The other shortcut is the ultimate energy saver: do nothing. 

NYT article explores decision fatigue and ego depletion