Aeon+Psyche
What Kant can teach us about work: on the problem with jobs
12+ min · · There is always a demand for more jobs. But what makes a job good? For that, Immanuel Kant has an answer · Shared by 358, including Albert Ràfols
robertroybritt.medium.com
We’re Treating Stress, Anxiety and Depression All Wrong
· The best remedy for mental health conditions is obvious but rarely prescribed · Shared by 529, including Essaadi, Albert Ràfols
Quanta Magazine
Computing Expert Says Programmers Need More Math
9 min · · Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other. Now he’s working on how engineers talk to their machines. · Shared by 2271, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Christopher D. Long, Matthew Turland, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Marcos, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Albert Ràfols, Association for Computing Machinery, Ines Bieler, Steven Sinofsky
medium.com
How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind — from a Magician and Google Design Ethicist
20+ min · · Where does technology exploit our minds’ weaknesses? · Shared by 205, including luis antónio santos, Yvette Dubel, Johannes Lenz, Albert Ràfols, shishir das, Anthony Côte, Joe Filcik, Ines Bieler, Patrick Scheuerer, Gabriele, martha lane fox, Katja Evertz, Nicholas, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Connecticut SEO, Tristan Harris
Big Think
"Nothing" doesn't exist. Instead, there is "quantum foam"
3 min · · Quantum physics shows that there is no such thing as "nothing." Even in a vacuum, particles can blink into and out of existence. · Shared by 565, including Albert Ràfols, John Nosta, Juliana de Albuquerque | @ajuliana@mas.to, Anita Leirfall, Keith Frankish, Barry Ritholtz
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
3 reasons not to be a Stoic (but try Nietzsche instead)
9 min · · Stoicism is having a cultural moment, with bestselling books and podcasts taking this ancient philosophy to a new audience. But there are problems with Stoicism, both in its modern and ancient forms. · Shared by 206, including justin caouette, Albert Ràfols
Mark Manson
3 Tips to Read More Books
5 min · · How to remember what you've read, read faster, and read more books · Shared by 656, including Albert Ràfols
Quillette
The Crack-Up
9 min · · How individual and civilisational identities collapse. · Shared by 235, including Albert Ràfols
NPR
Do you use these words when you apologize? It's time to stop, researchers say
· A new book draws from a broad range of research to explain the power of apologies, why we don't always get good ones, and the best way to tell someone you're sorry. · Shared by 230, including Albert Ràfols
VilaWeb
La importància de no entendre-ho tot
5 min · · Hem d’escriure el que no sabem escriure, que si ja ho sabem escriure, no interessa, perquè no hi ha repte · Shared by 9, including Albert Ràfols
Tomas Pueyo
Standing on the Shoulders of Gnomes
12+ min · · We could have instant drone delivery. We could have flying cars. We could have energy too cheap to meter. We could forget about diseases. We don’t because we’re too scared. · Shared by 436, including Albert Ràfols, John Nosta, Ross Dawson
Tomas Pueyo
The Democracy of the Future
18+ min · · What do these have in common: Elon’s Twitter, ants, General von Moltke’s strategy, brains, AI, prediction markets, and Wikipedia? The answer shows the path to the future of democracy. · Shared by 740, including Thomas Pleil, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler, Albert Ràfols
VilaWeb
La resolució que imposa el 25% de castellà, escrita en català amb més de 120 faltes
· La resolució del TSJC que imposa el 25% de castellà a les escoles és una traducció literal del castellà al català, amb nombroses faltes d'ortografia i redacció · Shared by 19, including Albert Ràfols
Big Think
Solitude is not loneliness. Here's the key philosophical difference.
4 min · · Being alone can be the fertile ground of great creativity. For others, it's the door to a dark, spiralling depression. · Shared by 1741, including Albert Ràfols, Scott Monty, Howard Getson
Big Think
Atheism is not as rare or as rational as you think
6 min · · Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Data shows otherwise. · Shared by 1252, including Albert Ràfols, Rick Powell
PsyPost.org
Montessori students exhibit a more richly connected semantic memory network
2 min · · The type of education a child receives appears to influence how they represent knowledge in long-term memory, according to a new study published in the journal Science of Learning. The findings… · Shared by 56, including Albert Ràfols, Eric W. Dolan