Borne out of everyday curiosities, learning experiments, and mild insomnia.
These life satisfaction scores might make you want to rethink life.
We spend a lot of time working. It seems worth thinking about how we feel during all those hours.
Meaningfulness scores from the American Time Use Survey provide a hint of what we value.
This is a story about pizza, geometry, and making sure you get what you paid for.
The National Survey of Family Growth, run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asks participants about their birth and relationship history.
I wondered how common it is for someone to get a divorce. While I’ve touched on the topic before, I’ve never calculated it directly, so I gave it a go.
We’ve seen that we can learn from what people search …
The individual data points of life are much less predictable than the average. Here’s a simulation that shows you how much time is left on the clock.
We know when people usually get married. We know who never marries. Finally, it’s time to look at the other side: divorce and remarriage.
What is old? When it comes to subjects like health care and retirement, we often think of old in fixed terms. But as people live longer, it’s worth changing the definition.
A closer look at the age old question of where there are more bars than grocery stores, and vice versa.
Before you dive into the advanced stuff – like just about everything in your life – you have to learn the fundamentals before you know when you can break the rules.
An ongoing series about looking at the everyday through the eyes of data and charts.
Reviving the currently defunct Census-produced publication with current data.
Not everything has to be visualized. I do it anyway.
