Here’s your weekly dose of treats 💌
A weekly lists of goodies curated by Robert.
Follow the white rabbit 🐇
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🎶 Something to listen while reading
Research papers 🔬
A selection of the best papers Fermat’s Library annotated in 2020:
How to Find the Logarithm of Any Number Using Nothing But a Piece of String
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
Entrancing reads 📒
“Living Robots”: Ethical Questions About Xenobots
Write everything down
What makes someone obsessively journal every moment of their life? In some cases, it might actually be hypergraphia, a condition tied to a neurological trait.The past 12 months in photos - A Year Like No Other (New Yorker)
On the moral obligation to stop shit-stirring
The philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s essay ‘On Bullshit’ (1986) has a memorable opening: ‘One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.’ He characterises bullshit as emanating from a lack of regard for the truth, and suggests that this might make it even worse than lying. The bullshitter, he explains, ‘does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.’ Similarly, shit-stirring has become the great enemy of good-faith debate in contemporary philosophical ethics.
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Tools for makers 🪛
ContentPro
Allows you to compare your Google Doc to our content library to see what industry leaders and competitors are saying about your topics.
Audyo
Audio-based startups are enjoying a post-pandemic boom, as consumer appetite for everything from podcasts and to AI-powered voice assistants continues to grow. Audio market is having a boom right now. Audyo is trying to tackle the market by combining two meta economies - audio and newsletters.
Useful and overlooked skills
Respectfully interacting with people you disagree with.
The ability to have a 10-minute conversation with anyone from any background.
Getting to the point. Everyone's busy. Be concise
Diplomatically saying “No.
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🐦 Tweets for thought
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2020 remains a chef’s kiss from history’s meat-kitchen. You do get a year like this every few decades.
"To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.”
— Anna Wintour
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