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We only have 4,000 weeks to live.
That's a human life.
And the most existentially important part of that life is choosing what to do with the most precious thing we have: time. Here's how “The Rule of Saint Benedict” can help you spend time wisely: bigthink.com/thinking/rule-of-saint-benedict-olive…
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All over the world, people are being promoted into positions they’re unable to do well. It's an epidemic, and it has a name: The Peter Principle. Here's what can be done:
bigthink.com/business/the-peter-principle-why-most…
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In the 1990s, the government nearly banned encryption, threatening the security of every online message. Would you trade your privacy for the promise of safety? https://youtu.be/bsYAynD6QhU
Video from @AbundanceInstitute
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Jiro makes sushi. (60 years in business)
Zildjian makes cymbals. (400 years in business)
Barovier & Toso makes glass. (700 years in business)
Diversification helps companies survive in the short-term, but in the long-term it can be their biggest weakness, writes Eric Markowitz. Read our latest installment of The Long Game: Business “immortality” and the art of focus
bigthink.com/the-long-game/business-immortality-an…
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From nothing to everything: How zero changed our understanding of the universe, forever: https://youtu.be/L8RifPByK6k?feature=...
Video from @The-Well
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“The Big Map of Who Lived When” shows the lifespans of historical figures along a timeline, allowing you to see who lived during the same periods. For example, Joe Biden and Nikola Tesla were contemporaries, as were Eminem and J.R.R. Tolkien.
The most satisfying way to use this map is to look for long lives with short overlaps. There is something mind-boggling about two lives lived so far apart yet intertwining for a brief period. Read the explainer: bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-big-map-of-who-lived…
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“Why are we using criminalization — a system that creates trauma — to try and fix a problem that is only made worse by trauma?” These emerging addiction treatment approaches could heal millions of Americans who are affected: https://youtu.be/7S7kXdi8-E8 Video from @StandTogetherCC
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“10 years ago, my colleagues and I looked at the prognosis for climate change, and it looked pretty hopeless. There really was no way out.”
But something happened — something good.
"Solar got so cheap that it is cheaper today than the rosiest official predictions had for 2150."
We're 126 years early on meeting that cost, explains Casey Handmer of Terraform Industries. So, he makes a new prediction:
"I predict that by 2042, 95% of humanity's energy usage will be downstream of solar photovoltaic power."
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Roger Federer is famous for his obsession with marginal gains, adjusting his footwork by a fraction of a second. Make each day 1% better than the last: bigthink.com/the-long-game/the-golden-strategy-of-…
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Statistician Talithia Williams on how math is the clearest path to understanding our existence: https://youtu.be/qg1bznqb20o Video from @The-Well
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