Responding Thoughtfully In the Internet Age
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TIME
There’s a Difference Between Responding and Reacting
We must reclaim the space between stimulus and response. Our collective future depends on it, writes Brad Stulberg.
Javier Milei’s Canine Cabinet: Argentina President-Elect Seeks Counsel From Dogs
Argentina's new president Milei's closest confidante is a dead dog called Conan. It was he - in 2017 who told him - via a medium - to run for the top job. Milei later cloned the dog for $50,000 and believes he forst met him in a Roman Coliseum 2,000 years ago
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Argentina's new president Milei's closest confidante is a dead dog called Conan. It was he - in 2017 who told him - via a medium - to run for the top job. Milei later cloned the dog for $50,000 and believes he forst met him in a Roman Coliseum 2,000 years ago
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TIME
Argentina Just Elected an Eccentric Populist Who Seeks Counsel From His Cloned Dogs
Argentinians, desperate for change, elected Javier Milei, an eccentric right-wing populist with canine consultants.
Why Can’t We Resist Black Friday? A Behavioral Economist Explains.
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Entrepreneur
Why Can't We Resist Black Friday and Cyber Monday? A Behavioral Economist Explains The Psychological Forces That Make Sales Irresistible.
There are three psychological reasons why we can't resist Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Smart consumers and entrepreneurs should know what they are. Here's why.
The Race to Avert Quantum Computing Threat With New Encryption Standards
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NY Times
The Race to Save Our Secrets From the Computers of the Future
Quantum technology could compromise our encryption systems. Can America replace them before it’s too late?
The best self-help book advice distilled to 11 simple rules
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Mashable
The best self-help book advice distilled to 11 simple rules
The basic advice in hundreds of bestsellers is older than you think.
How Behavioral Economics Took Over America
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NY Times
Opinion | A Few of the Ideas About How to Fix Human Behavior Rest on Some Pretty Shaky Science
The field of behavioral economics has shaped policies we encounter every day. But the science behind it is crumbling.
The secret science of how drugs like Ozempic and Jardiance get their weird names
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New York Post
The secret science of how drugs like Ozempic and Jardiance get their weird names
Memorable pharmaceutical names — including Ozempic — don't happen by accident. Experts reveal the secret formula behind them and their maddening jingles.
How different languages laugh online.
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https://restofworld.org/2023/how-people-laugh-online/
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Rest of World
How different languages laugh online
Laughter is universal, but lol is not.
'Filterworld' explores how social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture
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NPR
How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us
Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation makes us docile consumers.
A look at dragon’s beard candy, a staple of Chinese and Lunar New Year.
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Eater
Welcome the Year of the Dragon With Dragon’s Beard Candy — If You Can Find It
Dragon’s beard candy is a staple of Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations, but in the U.S. and Canada, a generation of candymakers are determining the best way to pass the difficult art to a new generation.
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
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https://theconversation.com/who-created-the-alphabet-a-historian-describes-the-millennia-long-story-of-the-abcs-217185
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The Conversation
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
Turns out ‘A’ didn’t have to be the first letter in the alphabet, nor ‘Z’ the last.
How to Become Younger, According to a Biohacking Expert
https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/how-to-become-younger-biohacking-dave-asprey-1235540819/
https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/how-to-become-younger-biohacking-dave-asprey-1235540819/
Robb Report
How to Become Younger, According to a Biohacking Expert
Dave Asprey spoke with Robb Report's editor-in-chief Paul Croughton at House of Robb during South by Southwest about how we can change our age with biohacking.
How to Tell if a Conspiracy Theory Is Probably False - The Good Men Project
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How to Tell if a Conspiracy Theory Is Probably False
The extreme consequences of unfounded conspiratorial beliefs could be seen on the staircases of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and in the self-immolation of a protestor outside the courthouse holding the latest Trump trial.
How scammers from Bernie Madoff to SBF use our fantasies to manipulate our brains
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https://fortune.com/2024/07/11/scammers-bernie-madoff-sbf-fantasies-manipulate-brains/
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When did the Olympics start? Inside the ancient ritual that lives on.
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USA TODAY
When did the Olympics start? How the modern Summer and Winter Games came to be.
Compete naked and covered in oil? Not quite. The modern-day Olympic Games are quite different from the ancient ones. Here's when they first started.
Why Earth's oceans aren't all equally salty
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Big Think
Why Earth's oceans aren't all equally salty
The global average salt level in surface seawater is about 35 grams (seven teaspoons, give or take) per 1,000 grams of water (about a quart).
Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.
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The Wall Street Journal
Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.
Product designers are embracing how users actually feel after years of pushing flat and sleek
What do we mean by “luck”? We might say that someone has been lucky, or unlucky, if they have benefited or been harmed by something that was unpredictable and beyond their control. Luck has been called “the operation of chance, taken personally”.
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the Guardian
The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?
We tend to focus on good or bad fortune, successes and failures. But what about the fact you’re here at all?