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Which is too bad because we really need to understand how the immune system reacts to the coronavirus.

The most reliable predictor of a relationship’s success is partners’ belief that the other person is fully committed, a Western-led research team has found.

The political economy of bullshit.

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In French, “cultiver son jardin intérieur” means to tend to your internal garden—to take care of your mind. The garden metaphor is particularly apt: taking care of your mind involves cultivating your curiosity (the seeds), growing your knowledge (the trees), and producing new thoughts (the fruits). On the surface, it’s a repetitive process. You need ... Read More

Attachment theory suggests that early interactions with caregivers can dramatically affect your beliefs about yourself, your expectations of others, and how you cope with stress and regulate your emotions as an adult

It turns out Breitbart has continued to collect your ad dollars through a shady ad revenue-sharing ring of propaganda sites.

RT @nabeelqu: Latest essay: how to understand things.

People who are blind from birth will gesture when they speak. I always like pointing out this fact when I teach classes on gesture, because it gives us an an interesting perspective on how we learn and use gestures. Until now I’ve mostly cited a 1998 paper from Jana Iverson and Susan Goldin-Meadow that analysed the gestures and speech of young blind people. Not only do blind people gesture, but the frequency and types of gestures they use does not appear to differ greatly from how sighted people gesture. If people learn gesture without ever seeing a gesture (and, most likely, never being shown), then there must be something about learning a language that means you get gestures as a bonus.

It’s often suggested that design systems would improve the way organizations work. I’ve been wondering about that.

Hundreds of the iconic Post Office delivery trucks have caught on fire in recent years, thanks to a 30-year-old fleet and a manufactured budget crisis.

It’s hard to describe how paramount light is. Ultimately, it is the only thing we see. But just as important the presence of light is, so is its absence. To talk about light we have to start in darkness so let’s jump straight into it.

Oftentimes, the most productive meeting is the one that never happened. Use this flowchart to decide whether to have that meeting or just send an email.

Here are 40 pro tips for writing microcopy.

‘Make the hire. Send the wire.’

Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course

What tacit knowledge is, and why it is the most interesting topic in the study of expertise today.

Miserable as it can often be, remote work is surprisingly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office.

November of 2008. I had more hair, a flip phone, and absolutely no idea what was coming. Let the cymbals of popularity tinkle still. Let the butterflies of fame glitter with their wings. I shall envy neither their music nor their colors.

Writing has many science-based benefits. It can help you develop your self-authorship, reflect and create metacognitive routines through journaling, and has been shown to make you happier and healthier. For something that’s completely free, it’s a pretty good deal. Beyond these benefits, writing is also a thinking tool. Not only for personal management, but for ... Read More

Satisfaction and progress in open-ended work When we’re in execution mode, we swim in signs of our progress. A day’s work stands crisply in some endless checklist: four problems solved; three features...

David shares 50 ideas that changed his life. Read here.

Hello! 👋 My name is Jen and I'm the founder, engineer, designer and customer support at Lunch Money, a personal finance and budgeting web app.

Most websites today are built like commercial products by professionals and marketers, optimised to draw the largest audience, generate engagement and 'convert'. But there is also a smaller, less-visible web designed by regular people to simply to share their interests and hobbies with the world. A web that is unpolished, often quirky but often also fun, creative and interesting.

System running too hot? Power supply not powerful enough or dying? Pushing the power evenlope? Undervolting your most power hungry component, which is more likely than not the GPU, can achieve power savings and reduce temperature all without sacrificing performance. And if you can tolerate single digit performance decreases, temperature and power savings can be tremendous

Learn how to shift your awareness through the six levels of higher consciousness as explained by world renowned spiritual teacher Mary O'Malley

We all have different productivity hangups. Learn what each Enneagram type tends to struggle with at work and what each should focus on to get things done.