When Less Is More: Downsizing, Sense of Place, and Well-Being in Late Life

Getting More for Less: When Downsizing in Honors Yields Growth

When Less is More

engine and airframe manufacturers for decades have cited the direct relationship between engine wear and high exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in recommending that operators use less than maximum takeoff thrust whenever possible. While the cost benefits of reduced-thrust takeoffs are thoroughly documented, the safety benefits are not as well understood. Thus, there is a common perception that usin...

When Less is More.

minimum level. Sometimes more really is more, and less really is less. But often, less is more. If all this piece does is open up the question of whether less is more —if all it does is remind the reader that this is a question, and that our answers to it have important repercussions— then it will have served its purpose. Many ethicists in the ancient tradition argued that human lives could be ...

Resuscitation: when less is more.

I N THIS issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Li et al. 1 report on a laboratory study of resuscitation from uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock in rats. For those who have not followed this topic in the trauma literature, the results might seem counterintuitive—even heretical. Resuscitate to a lower blood pressure? How could that possibly be better? Although the physiologic reasons for this enigmatic effect ar...

The pains and pleasures of parenting: when, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being?

The relationship between parenthood and well-being has become a hot topic among scholars, media, and general public alike. The research, however, has been mixed-some studies indicate that parents are happier than nonparents, whereas others suggest the reverse. We suggest that the question of whether parents are more or less happy than their childless peers is not the most meaningful one. To rec...