Do you have any mind tricks, please?
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, is laziness a false concept?
Sometimes a dog really did eat your homework, okay?
Also, why do we feel so uncomfortable spending time alone in public places?
Tickets?
How many?
Just one, please, sir.
Angela, uh, look.
question from a listener named Susan Kemp.
At least that's the name she's using to write to us under.
Could be a pseudonym.
Might be Angela Duckworth for all we know.
Quote, Susan Kemp has this to ask.
Do you think laziness is really a thing?
She writes,
for the last year I've been debating
if laziness is real or just some concept we created in order to,
I don't know, Protestant guilt trip ourselves into doing things.