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The Spectator
We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously
The Spectator
6 min · · Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. We are living through the greatest improvement in human living standards in history. Extreme poverty has fallen… · Shared by 631, including Mike Maples, Jr, John Hagel, Jonathan Kogan, Jeff Atwood, Keith Rabois, Anand Sanwal, Jeff Richards, Fred Scharmen, Xose Alberte Cea, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Naval, John Nosta, Sachin Rekhi, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Antonio Vieira Santos, John Carmack, Ryan Selkis 🪳, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️, Tim Soulo 🇺🇦
Surprisingly reassuring piece on how despite 2020, the last decade was a great one.
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Visual Capitalist
50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
Visual Capitalist
17+ min · · Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to emerge. · Shared by 2639, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Kirk Borne, Andy Budd, Stef Walter, George J Huba PhD, Casey Smith, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, LARRY ELKAN, Helen Yu, Stu Collett, Klaus Eck, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, AI, Warren Whitlock, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Andreas Staub, Jennifer Ouellette, Terence Mills, Andrew Spence, ClearAction / Lynn Hunsaker, CCXP
Or what most people should know about how they think and what can they do to think better.
03
insidemymind.me
Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My Day.
insidemymind.me
3 min · · My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their… · Shared by 1978, including sircharlsxavier, mrbrown, Tom Connor, Tom Raftery, Fern, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Gabrielle Mendoza, Ceferino Díaz, Eric L. Barnes 🏝️, Liv 😷, Dominik Grolimund, Carly, venkat - bala, Scott Hanselman 🌮, Jansnet, Trae Blain, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), Mina Markham, Beto Esquivel, Ward Plunet
Each one and their own kind of stream of consciousness.
04
Vox
How canceled events and self quarantines save lives, in one chart
Vox
5 min · · This is how we all help slow the spread of coronavirus. · Shared by 687, including Mathieu von Rohr, Ezra Klein, Allison Arieff, Rutger Bregman, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Frank Gruber, Julia Belluz, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), HeidiCohen - Top Global Marketer, Klaus Eck, Dr. Kiki Sanford, Thomas Fuchs , Kainaz Amaria, Frederic Filloux, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Jenny Halasz, C. Dutilh Novaes akademienl.social/@cdutilhnovaes, Anita Zielina, Carl T. Bergstrom, Gerd Leonhard
One of the earliest articles about the Coronavirus. Most of it is obvious now, but it's still interesting to read in hindsight.
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MIT Technology Review
We’re not going back to normal
MIT Technology Review
6 min · · Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever. · Shared by 565, including m, Thomas Fuchs , R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bill Gross, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Frank Gruber, caroline sinders, David V. Johnson, Gerd Leonhard, W. David Stephenson, Klaus Eck, John Koetsier, Peter van Sabben.eth, Jana Eggers, Thomas Power, Steve Case, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, justin caouette, Jake Jackson
Published only a week after the previous article, MIT people show they are smarter than Vox people.
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Financial Times
Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus
Financial Times
11+ min · · This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for years to come · Shared by 684, including Tim O'Reilly, Sir Ken Robinson, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Chris Skinner, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Antonio Vieira Santos, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Pippa Malmgren, Yuval Noah Harari, Klaus Eck, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Robb Wolf, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Chris Kresser, Muge Cevik, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Bill Gross, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Chris Gledhill
An historical and intellectual take on how our lives are changing for good.
07
The New York Times
Stop Trying to Be Productive
The New York Times
7 min · · The internet wants you to believe you aren’t doing enough with all that “extra time” you have now. But staying inside and attending to basic needs is plenty. · Shared by 1973, including Katja Evertz, Bethany Brookshire, Andreas Spiegler, Dr. Cheryl Arutt, Brian Stelter, Deb Lee, Mathew Ingram, Ali Mattu, Ph.D., Jeremy Caplan, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Bailey, Robert Rose, Christian Hartmann, Leah Klungness, 💥 Katie Martell, Brian Solis, Sprout Social, Thomas Power, Christian Müller, Shawn Venasse
The first of many articles about how all the good intentions we had at the beginning of the first lockdown might have damaged our mental health.
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Dan Shipper 📧
Surgical Reading: How to Read 12 Books at Once
Dan Shipper 📧
13+ min · · How to efficiently get what you need out of reading, multiple books at a time · Shared by 2672, including Matthias Kahr, Niklaus Gerber, Pouya, Essaadi, Jonathan Kogan, Neil Hart 💙, Matthias Wiencke, Ed Sim, Evan (he/him), Phillip Murphy, Umar Tedman, Philipp Laurim, Esther Schindler, Josep M. Ganyet, Michael Carroll, Dennis Schvejda, Stephanie A Kowalski, Carl Morris, Jacob Jarnvall
I think that in 2020 I read more books than in every single year in the last decade. I probably searched for solutions to read even more.
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The New Yorker
The Man Who Thought Too Fast
The New Yorker
5 min · · Frank Ramsey—a philosopher, economist, and mathematician—was one of the greatest minds of the last century. Have we caught up with him yet? · Shared by 687, including Gregg Caruso, Edward Tufte, Guy Longworth, Matthias Lampe, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), John Tasioulas, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Thomas Power, Nathan Baschez 📧, justin caouette, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Dr. A.S. Barwich, Paola Antonelli, Christian Surchi, David Papineau, Anita Leirfall, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Barry C Smith, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Crane
I don't think I've ever heard about Frank Ramsey before this article. He frequented the same circles that Wittgenstein and Keynes frequented, but he seemed to belong to a different breed of intellectuals.