Aeon+Psyche
Playing chess is an essential life lesson in concentration
11+ min · · The challenge of chess – learning how to hold complexity in mind and still make good decisions – is also the challenge of life · Shared by 576, including Jakub Ferenc, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Miguel Angel Escotet, Julien Bilger, Faik Ersoy, Anita Leirfall, Liv 😷, Bilal Aslam, Mario Clemente, Jesús Torres 👩💻, Logical Analysis, Noah Toly, John Hagel, Ward Plunet
The Guardian
I wish I'd never been born: the rise of the anti-natalists
· Adherents view life not as a gift and a miracle, but a harm and an imposition. And their notion that having children may be a bad idea seems to be gaining mainstream popularity · Shared by 24, including Julien Bilger, David Pearce
The Spectator
We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously
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 🇺🇦
Scientific American
The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
8 min · · Are the most successful people in society just the luckiest people? · Shared by 486, including Carly, David Nagel, Julien Bilger, Thomas Power, Jonathan Kogan, Matthias Lampe, Gianluca Diegoli, Mark Kaigwa, Tom Connor