Pew Research Fact Tank
The state of the U.S. Postal Service in 8 charts
6 min · · The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31. · Shared by 14, including Noah "Rabbit = Good Friend" Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Ayala Sherbow
Harvard Business Review
That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
6 min · · The coronavirus pandemic has led to a collective loss of normalcy. · Shared by 892, including Sylvia Duckworth, Michael Hyatt, Kevin Kruse, Charles Duhigg, Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, Dr. Laura Markham, Matt Heinz, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Mike Allton, Dave deBronkart, Nilofer Merchant, Hrag, Rachel Botsman, Eric Holthaus, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Alex Cavoulacos, Paul Ekman, Biz Carson, Whitney Johnson
Quartz
How the human brain stays young even as we age
6 min · · Understanding how most brains maintain youthful plasticity could lead scientists to figure out why some don't. · Shared by 156, including USC, Marius Bleuer, John Hagel, Jonathan Kogan, Ward Plunet, Ayala Sherbow, Jane, Thomas Power, Faik Ersoy, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Liv 😷 💙
Fast Company
How you can train your brain to pick up (and maintain) new habits
1 min · · Your brain has everything to do with how you act. · Shared by 134, including Bilal Aslam, Mike Atwater, PhD, Liv 😷 💙, Faik Ersoy, Ayala Sherbow, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Martin Soorjoo
The Gradient (sigmoid.social/@thegradient)
An Epidemic of AI Misinformation
11+ min · · Maybe every paper abstract should have a mandatory field of what the limitations of the proposed approach are. That way some of the science miscommunications and hypes could maybe be avoided.—… · Shared by 277, including Josep M. Ganyet, Evan Selinger, Luca Hammer, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Claudia Sommer, Gengo 🦁, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Yves Mulkers, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, John Maeda, Dr Catherine Breslin, Gary Marcus, Thomas Power, hardmaru, Matthias Lampe, Nige Roberts-Willson, Prof. Anima Anandkumar, Moritz Stefaner
Quanta Magazine
The Architect of Modern Algorithms
9 min · · Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to writing code. She warns that the challenges facing computer science today can’t be overcome with good design alone. · Shared by 198, including Oscar MacDonald, Fabricio Teixeira, andrew chen, Ines Bieler, Stephan Woodtli, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Carla Gentry, Matthias Lampe, @brianleroux@indieweb.social 💙, Jeff Atwood, Russ Cox, Steven Sinofsky, Gary Thomas 🌐, Brad Feld, Ayala Sherbow, Esther Schindler, dunschtig, hiten.eth
Neuroscience News
Your brain on sugar: What the science actually says
4 min · · From reducing memory capability to increasing the risk of diabetes and obesity, researchers investigate how sugar affects the brain and body. · Shared by 153, including Ayala Sherbow, Martina Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Liv 😷 💙, Jonathan Kogan, Gabriele, Bilal Aslam, Matthias Lampe
The Economist
How what’s in our heads changes what’s in the world
8 min · · Better “mental models” are vital to improve society, says Shane Parrish · Shared by 153, including Stefan Henry, Ayala Sherbow, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Liv 😷 💙, Kenneth Cukier, Dominik Grolimund, Faik Ersoy
The Guardian
History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future
20+ min · · The long read: Calculating the patterns and cycles of the past could lead us to an objective version of history. Could it also help us prevent a looming crisis? · Shared by 206, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Paddy Zab, Jane, Dean Anthony Gratton, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Ayala Sherbow, Jochen Burkhard, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Bas Grasmayer, David Nagel, Ⓓarío Macchi, george, Oscar MacDonald, Tom Vander Ark, Martina Pugliese, Christian Fauteux, Claudia Sommer
Farnam Street
Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Constantly Changing World
8 min · · The less rigid we are in our thinking, the more open minded, creative and innovative we become. Here’s how to develop the power of an elastic mind. · Shared by 280, including Jason Lauritsen, Scott Monty, Jacob du Toit, Ayala Sherbow, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, davidabrock, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Doug Sundheim, Henneke Duistermaat, Ines Bieler, Vikram Dutt, fnord, Thomas Pleil, Dominik Grolimund, Stephan Woodtli, Oscar MacDonald, John Tan⚡️
The Atlantic
Why It Feels Like Everything Is Going Haywire
11+ min · · Social media rapidly changed how we communicate, in ways that destabilize democracy. What can we do about that? · Shared by 341, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Jonathan Haidt, Marsha Collier, Brent Beshore, Claudia Sommer, Scott Galloway, Tara Mathena Imani, AIA, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, HeidiCohen - Top Global Marketer, Mathew Ingram, Philanthropy News Digest, justin caouette, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Scott McLeod, Vaughan Bell, Michael Shermer, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa, Morgan Housel, Klaus Eck
medium.com
Psychologists Explain How To Stop Overthinking Everything
8 min · · Overthinking can lead to serious emotional distress and increase your risk of mental health problems · Shared by 715, including Ceferino Díaz, Stephan Woodtli, Rich, Liv 😷 💙, Maurizio Tondolo, Liliane Ferrari ™, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Phillip Murphy, Stephanie A Kowalski, Carly, Nir Eyal, Bilal Aslam, Gabriele, Thomas Power, Ayala Sherbow, Dr. Simon A. Rego, Howard Getson, Carlos Luis Pinto, Niklaus Gerber, Katja Evertz