The Emerging Science Of Hope

The Emerging Science Of Hope

April 25, 2023

We might typically think of hope as a touchy-feely emotion that, almost by definition, is divorced from real-life experience. In fact, as more research is beginning to show, hope is an important scientific concept—something we can define, measure, analyze, and ultimately cultivate. - The Atlantic

The Usefulness Of Feeling Irritated

April 26, 2023

Something about this ordinary, negligible feeling seems to make it inaccessible to critical reflection. Perhaps because, when irritable, we tend to be at our least reflective – preoccupied with those diminutive miseries whose oversize effect we know would not stand up to criticism. - Aeon

Dutchman wins European seagull screeching championship

Adrian Woolridge on Roger Scruton (Bloomberg)How good or bad are coffee dates?  Compared to what?

Tocqueville on the importance of travel for learning

Fugees Malaysia markets in everything

Fatal fungus outbreak worries Nevada lawmakers, more help wanted Las Vegas Review Journal. Separate from above.

An Insider’s Guide to “Anti-Disinformation”Andrew Lowenthal, Racket News A new #TwitterFiles from Lowenthal:

2. My name is Andrew Lowenthal. For almost 18 years, I was Executive Director of @EngageMedia, an NGO devoted to protecting digital rights and freedoms. In recent years, I watched with concern and then despair as a dramatic change swept through my field.

— NetworkAffects (@NAffects) April 25, 2023

But will it depress these parrots?

 Nadia Asparouhova on different talent distributions and their import in organizations

 James Booker (jazz and blues piano) on Spotify

Why are markets getting worried about Kenya?

Tax avoidance markets in everything?

You’ve got to talk to your GPT all nice and purty…!