fw: ⚗️ Machiavellianism, junk food, a world without jobs
Ro.bert
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a weekly list of goodies, ideas, pieces of research, principles, models, and other random stuff curated by Robert
fiery stuff I've been ingesting
a playlist to start your day
Prehistoric Planet: looking forward to seeing this docuseries from the producers of Planet Earth. With David Attenborough and accompanied by a breathtaking score by Hans Zimmer.
It’s time to stop saying “junk” food
If a programming language is also written in a programming language, how was the first programming language written?
In 1911, an influential expert revealed a forgotten science of how to be 50x more productive. Here are some of my notes. BTW this is TLDR.
Dark Triad Personalities: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy
1Password 8 for iOS is now in Early Access
Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs (2018)
Most Recommended Books: Discover books recommended by the world’s most influential people
Coding Trivia: Learn coding skills by playing trivia.
War stories
A couple of scribbles and threads I’ve read in regards to the War in Ukraine this week. Take everything with a grain of salt. Make sure you track your news consumption in regards to this.
Why is Putin always giving warnings with consequences attached and cannot win the war?
Don’t Underestimate Ukraine’s Volunteer Hackers
Why won’t Ukraine surrender to Russia, consider saving lives? In a war, you don’t surrender if you don’t have to.
What happened in Bucha, and did Russian soldiers commit war crimes?
🇺🇦 Donate to help the kids in Ukraine.
latest YouTube video
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Book Summary & Review)
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Numeracy is the modern Literacy
(͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°) Telegram group for me to save & share random stuff that might be useful — I find it to be slightly easier vs. Discord for now, but we will see.
👾 some YouTube video essays
— Robert
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