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Tools for Better Living - the case for friction, friends, and getting outside
12th October 2026
Stylus maps four factors now essential to wellbeing: anti-ease (deliberately reintroducing friction, discomfort, and boredom), crucial connections, essential escape from screens into nature, and meaningful pleasures over mindless gratification.
Why it matters - A consumer-culture mirror of what the longevity evidence already says.