'When we're imagining people and things as physically farther away,' Oliver Burkeman says, 'we see the salient features instead of distracting details, the forest instead of the trees'
You don't have to be young to work in Silicon Valley – but it certainly helps. Which is why the over-30s are now taking extreme measures, says Jon Henley
Commuters have lower life satisfaction and a lower sense that their daily activities are worthwhile, according to research based on around 60,000 people