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a weekly list of goodies curated by Robert 💌
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🎶 something to listen to while reading
fiery stuff I've been ingesting
might be useful ✂️
My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file
Celebrating Steve | October 5 | Apple
Lifespan depends on month of birth
A Meta-Analysis of Personality in Scientific and Artistic Creativity
Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet
What allowed John von Neumann to be so intelligent?
It has been argued that John von Neumann had more raw intelligence than Albert Einstein, yet Einstein’s contributions are considered greater. Is it possible that genius and profound intelligence are not the same, but simply highly correlated?
Paradigms, Mental Models, and Mind-Sets: Triple Barriers to Transformational Change in School System
VR Productivity In (or Above) a WFA World
some of the things I’ve watched this week ✂️
The Legend of a Real Superhero Named Phoenix Jones
Was 2020 A Simulation? (Science & Math of the Simulation Theory)
The fastest man on two hands - Guinness World Records
Research from the University of Central Florida shows children with ADHD need to fidget only when using executive brain functions – like watching a math video, rather than a Star Wars clip.
Very good advice by Christopher Lee - not only for actors
Long Form
Oppenheimer vs Heisenberg (43 min.)
Tesla vs Edison (43 min.)
Thoughts
Take in more, consume less, recycle everything; book-keep all hidden costs; find out where you have been set down; lobby for a smaller market; get rid of your car and travel as widely as you can (yeah, walk: what the hell); try to say a little more than you mean; carry a pocket encyclopedia (ask for one without packaging) and when the entry on “Diffusion Constant” says, “for more information, see ‘Pastry War,‘” see “Pastry War.”
Tweets for thought 🐦
latest YouTube video
How Using Peripheral Vision Improved My Productivity
Visual Theory
Here’s the evolution of one of my side projects — Visual Theory. I am re-learning how to see.
➜ You can follow the project on 🐦 Twitter & 📷 Instagram
Thank you for reading!
How’re you and yours doing this week? Any major changes to your status quo, or are things fairly locked-in and predictable at the moment? I respond to every email I get—consider sending me a message and telling me a bit about yourself and what’s been up in your world.
— Robert