‘Carpe Diem’ Is the Perfect Message for Our Times — but It Doesn’t Mean What You Think
The Latin phrase is less about ‘YOLO’ and more about stopping to smell the roses
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3 min readSep 12, 2020
It’s the hashtag of a hundred thousand sunrise photos. It’s spray-painted on walls, emblazoned on T-shirts, and tattooed across chests. In just two words, it has become a productivity…