A product of our productivity-obsessed culture, Esquire columnist Jonathan Seidler struggles to switch off. But when he got sick recently, he was forced to disconnect
The tendency to get tasks out of the way quickly is the latest behavioural trait to receive a snappy label. But is the coining of ‘precrastination’ just another classic case of pathologising benign behaviour in pursuit of making sense of ourselves?
This week the AI-generated image tile, ‘All Eyes On Rafah’, went viral on social media channels, shared by many who’ve never previously been engaged with the conflict in the Middle East. Is this a problem?
As “a mostly stay-at-home dad who still harbours large and potentially foolish ambitions that are unlikely to be realised in a suburban setting”, author and Esquire columnist Jonathan Seidler untangles his – and society’s – relationship to ambition
Is the largely glowing reception to Netflix’s ribald, messy, slightly unhinged and thoroughly entertaining live roast of the NFL GOAT a sign that risqué comedy is back? And, if so, who should be next to face the fire?
It’s a fairly innocuous question, so why does it fill diners with angst? Esquire columnist Jonathan Seidler has a few ideas
The raunchy tennis love match is lighting up the global box office, but its very feverish, building-to-a-climax ending leaves a lot to the imagination. The question is, does a deliberately unclear movie denouement leave the viewer feeling cheated?
Writing a novel is a uniquely private and individual experience, in which characters emerge and entire worlds are created within an author’s mind. As Esquire columnist Jonathan Seidler recently discovered, in creating a memorable character, you learn a lot about your own strengths, flaws and motivations
