The New Yorker
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
Summary · 12+ min · · New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason. · Shared by 2228, including Shelley Bonanno, MA, LLP (she/her/hers), Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Jeff Atwood, justin caouette, Braden Kelley, Liliane Ferrari ™, Anita Leirfall, Mathew Ingram, 💥 Katie Martell, Jason Silva, Stowe Boyd, Thomas Power, Howard Getson, Matthias Sala, Christina Farr, DP, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jane, Nir Eyal, Moritz Meenen
Paul Graham
How to Write Usefully
10 min · · February 2020What should an essay be? Many people would say persuasive. That's what a lot of us were taught essays should be. But I think we can aim for something more ambitious: that an essay should… · Shared by 781, including David Smooke, sircharlsxavier, string 🇦🇺🍗, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Henneke Duistermaat, Rick Powell, Tyler Neylon, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Mark Kaigwa, Tuur Demeester, Matt Mullenweg, Gabriele, LoriBeth, David Perell, Neil Hart 💙, Jack Raines, Frank Hamm, Mathias Böhm, Nir Eyal
Y Combinator
Hacker News
· Hacker News new | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Applications are open for YC Summer 2019 · Shared by 616, including Eric Ries, Nathan Baschez 📧, Packy McCormick, Pete Skomoroch, Balaji, Will Critchlow, Tiago Forte, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Julien✌🏻️, danabramov.bsky.social, Kent C. Dodds 🌌, Paul Graham, thoughtbot, BrendanEich, Rand Fishkin, Chris Messina, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊, Jane Manchun Wong, @jason
Basecamp
Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters
7 min · · This book is a guide to how we do product development at Basecamp. It’s also a toolbox full of techniques that you can apply in your own way to your own process. Whether you’re a founder, CTO, product manager, designer, or developer, you’re probably here because of some common challenges that all software companies have to face. · Shared by 607, including Dominik Grolimund, Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, Justin Jackson, Ryan Singer, Fabricio Teixeira, Bill Johnston, DHH, Alan Klement, Gio Tiongson, Matthias Lampe, Mauro Toselli, hiten.eth, Tyler Tringas, Pat Kua, Mike Davidson, Jason Fried, UX Design Weekly, zeldman, ThomNagy, Chris Messina
Harvard Business Review
Don’t Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Productivity
4 min · · Three ways perfectionists self-sabotage. · Shared by 564, including Doug Sundheim, 瑞拿頭, davidabrock, Michael Hyatt, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Henneke Duistermaat, Dominik Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Katja Evertz, designshard, Toni Juan, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, Charles Duhigg, ahg, Liv 😷, Elena Neira
The Guardian
‘It’s a superpower’: how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier
8 min · · Neuroscientist Shane O’Mara believes that plenty of regular walking unlocks the cognitive powers of the brain like nothing else. He explains why you should exchange your gym kit for a pair of comfy… · Shared by 478, including Thomas Power, Ste Davies, George M 🇪🇺, Jane, Olly Wainwright, Brent Toderian, Connie Ragen Green, Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Liliane Ferrari ™, Josep M. Ganyet, David Pearce, Jonathan Kogan, Peter Merholz, Kevin Kelly, Liv 😷, Philippe Surber, Fern, Horace Dediu, يونس بن عمارة, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Tim Urban
The Great Battle of Fire and Light — Wait But Why
11+ min · · This is why all humans are crazy. · Shared by 404, including Gideonro, fnord, Alexandra Wong, Roland Wyss-Aerni 😷, Zachary Becker, Marin Lorant, Fern, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Matthias Lampe, Carly, 瑞拿頭, Saad Hasnain, Dominik Grolimund, Florian Hanke 🍎
Tim Urban
Life is a Picture, But You Live in a Pixel
6 min · · Jack sees his life as a rich picture depicting an epic story and assumes that the key to his happiness lies in the broad components of the image. And he's completely wrong. · Shared by 342, including Marin Lorant, Ethan Anderson, jason ball, 瑞拿頭, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dominik Grolimund, Sachin Rekhi, Mihai M
MIT Technology Review
What AI still can’t do
9 min · · Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s something even humans have trouble with. · Shared by 318, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jonathan Kogan, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Evan Selinger, Thomas Power, Gerd Leonhard, Rick King, Bob E. Hayes, Martin Ford, John Nosta, Nige Roberts-Willson, Damir Kusar, sircharlsxavier, Greg Satell, Oliver Ewinger
m.signalvnoise.com
Let’s stop shaking people down for their email addresses
1 min · · When we launched Shape Up, we consciously didn’t want that book trapped behind a sleazy quid pro quo requirement for an email address. And now we’ve gone back to fix the mistake that was asking for… · Shared by 294, including 瑞拿頭, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Jonathan Kogan, DHH, Gianluca Diegoli, Shawn Venasse, Matthias Kahr, Brandon Uttley
Scott Young
Do the Real Thing
5 min · · Success in most things boils down to a simple, but easily ignored distinction: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives instead. · Shared by 270, including Arturo Rebolledo, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, Nir Eyal, Ramit Sethi, 瑞拿頭, Nick Wignall, Thomas Kaul, Anand Sanwal, Katja Evertz, DP, Matthias 🔥 I help you waste less time
Darius Foroux
22 Books That Expand Your Mind and Change The Way You Live
20+ min · · These 22 books will expand your mind and change the way you live. Books are the easiest way to learn new things. Start with these books to change your life. · Shared by 267, including Sara Usinger, Alexandra Wong, Jennifer Hurst, Yvette Dubel, Jonathan Kogan, 瑞拿頭, Kim Schläpfer, Katja Evertz, Krishna, Johannes Dornisch
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase
LOOPY: a tool for thinking in systems
· a tool for thinking in systems · Shared by 224, including René Clausen Nielsen, Data Science Renee, Galen King, Paul Sturrock, Stephen C Sanders, Antonio Ramos, Kam, Michael Musgrove, Mark Kaigwa, Matthias Sala, Philippe Gauvin, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Thomas Pleil, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Christopher Allen, Kenneth Kalmer, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Nitin Gupta, Jesús Torres 👩💻, Daniel Bentes
The Atlantic
Meritocracy’s Miserable Winners
10 min · · The system that’s widened the gap between the rich and everyone else has also turned elite life into an endless, terrible competition. Maybe there’s a way out. · Shared by 216, including Dave Nussbaum, David Nagel, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Antonio Vieira Santos, Christina Hoff Sommers, Matthias Lampe, Bradley Metrock, Dr Jordan B Peterson, Tim Müller, Gregory B. Sadler 🦉 (no blue check, just owl), Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, John Tasioulas, Charles Baldwin, Scott Galloway, Stowe Boyd, Rick Powell, Tara Imani, AIA, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Anita Leirfall, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
Intercom
The Growth Handbook | brought to you by Intercom
1 min · · The Growth Handbook - tried and tested growth frameworks from industry leaders who have grown businesses from $0 to many billions in revenue, including Intercom, Uber, Slack, Duolingo, Atlassian, Pinterest and more. · Shared by 186, including يونس بن عمارة, Joan Lockwood, Dominik Grolimund, Walid Ark, Arin Basu, 瑞拿頭, Casey Winters, Nick Persico, Diane Lee, Jacob Jarnvall, Stuart Chalmers, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Balaji, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Kevin_Indig, Grant Gochnauer, Philipp Laurim, Niklaus Gerber
Inc.
Neuroscience Says Your Body and Mind Get Stronger When You Focus on This One Thing
1 min · · The research is clear. You can improve your physical and mental health by thinking this more frequently. · Shared by 164, including Ward Plunet, Yvette Dubel, Isabel Steinhoff, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, 瑞拿頭, SusanaDeLeón, MD, Scott Galloway, Koka Sexton 👨💻, LARRY ELKAN, Tauno, rudolph regter, Martin Soorjoo, Bertrand Maltaverne