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Friday, July 30, 2021

Getting Breathing Space: How I Saved the World

 

NOW OUT: From Jesse Watters, How I Saved the World. I heard the author on the radio last week and I need to get this book.



HEALTH:  Moderate drinking linked to lower heart attack risk, study says.


Covid marches back east with an IGA supermarket locked down and HUNDREDS sent into isolation - as 49 sites including nine Woolworths, three Coles and a Bunnings are exposed - after another surge in Sydney infections

NEWS YOU CAN USE:  Motivation depends on how the brain processes fatigue. “Intriguingly, the researchers found that there were two different types of fatigue that were detected in distinct parts of the brain. In the first, fatigue is experienced as a short-term feeling, which can be overcome after a short rest. Over time, however, a second, longer term feeling builds up, stops people from wanting to work, and doesn’t go away with short rests.”


Opinion: Small farms are the future of food systemsDeutsche Welle

A Soil-Science Revolution Upends Plans to Fight Climate Change Quanta. Extremely important. The concept of pricing “ecosystem services” is moronic. Half the time we don’t even know what the services even are. Ditto carbon markets


Psst! Paul Glazer Is the True King of SPACs. (And He Would Prefer You Didn’t Know That.) Institutional Investor

Surge pricing violates antitrust law Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic




When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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B. F. Skinner

In a 1956 issue of the medical journal “The American Psychologist,” Harvard professor and psychologist B. F. Skinner published an article in which he takes an alternate look at the scientific method. Instead of focusing on one subject in a formal setting, Skinner suggests taking things moment by moment and following whims to reach the best results. This approach can work wonders in everyday life as well. Following where our passion and curiosity may lead can open up a world of creativity and inspiration. We may even discover something completely new and fascinating just by breaking free of routine.


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