--- title: David Epstein | TIME description: David Epstein is the author of Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better. canonical: https://time.com/author/david-epstein/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/david-epstein/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Epstein ## David Epstein David Epstein is the author of [_Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better._](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737494/inside-the-box-by-david-epstein/) ## David Epstein *  May 5, 2026 ### [More Flexibility Is Making Us Less Connected](https://time.com/article/2026/05/05/more-flexibility-is-making-us-less-connected/) David Epstein warns that America is sliding into a desynchronized and isolated society in the name o... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 7, 2014 ### [What Sets Becky Hammon Apart From Her Peers](https://time.com/3089036/becky-hammon-nba-coach-2/) On the court, the WNBA player didn't force passes into bad situations--and those decision-making ski... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-epstein/","name":"David Epstein"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-epstein/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-epstein/"},"name":"David Epstein","jobTitle":"","description":"David Epstein is the author of Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better.","url":"https://time.com/author/david-epstein/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```