Next time someone talks to you about “millennials”, remind them gently that they don’t know what they’re talking about. Read this article and despair, until the voice of sanity at the end. newrepublic.com/article/153400/search-generation-z #fb
Can You Solve My Problems? — Alex Bellos
You have a handful of coins spread out on the table in front of you. You put on a blindfold, and someone flips over some of the coins, then tells you how many are showing heads. You can now move … Continue reading
Shopping online. Entered credit card…
Shopping online. Entered credit card details, then got hit with an obvious phishing attempt (nonsensical URL, distorted logos, amateurish layout, asking for way too much info). Is this for real @anz_nz? twitter.com/bnnt/status/1106137865778421762/photo/…
Electric cars won’t save us. We need to…
Electric cars won’t save us. We need to stop being so dependent on cars.
Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars…
Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars…
The Ten Types of Human — Dexter Dias
This book introduces ten types of human, such as the Aggressor, the Tribalist, the Nurturer, the Rescuer. They’re really types of personality, not human, since the idea is that human beings have all these traits to varying degrees. Each is … Continue reading
.@AklTransport “Please allow other…
.@AklTransport “Please allow other customers to disembark before boarding the service” is confusing. Passengers, not”customers”. Trains, not “services”. Plain English makes things easier for everyone, especially tourists etc.
“This concern for children’s…
“This concern for children’s whereabouts—physical and psychological—isn’t just warding off some kind of catastrophic danger; it’s about an aversion to any kind of risk, to even the smallest mistake or setback.”
How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life: www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-to-gran… #fb
How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life: www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-to-gran… #fb
The Soul of the Marionette — John Gray
“Provocative and freewheeling” reads the blurb on this book. That’s a fair description, though “freewheeling” could just as well be “unfocused” or “rambling”. Gray claims that modern culture, especially western culture, pretends to be rationalistic and scientific but is actually … Continue reading
Everybody Lies — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Google remembers every search anyone does. If you combine all that data in the right ways, you can come up with a lot of results, theories and conclusions. That’s what Seth Stephens-Davidowitz does in this book. The title comes from one … Continue reading
A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities — Roy Sorensen
Each day you must take an A pill and a B pill. After you tap an A pill into your palm you inadvertently tap two B pills into your hand. The A and B pills are indistinguishable. The pills are … Continue reading
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