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The story of my life in China is here.
This is amazing.
Matt Yglesias explains where time zones come from and how we get rid of them.
David Obendorfer creates new versions of classic cars.
I’d like to see the information synced back to Spotify.
This feeling of the old movies. Wow.
Joel Runyon quotes advice he’s been given by Perry Marshall:
All you really need to do is three things:
- Commit to something
- Put your balls on the line
- Then figure it out
That’s all there is to it.
Joe Buhlig describes his OmniFocus setup. Like Sven Fechner I especially enjoyed reading the part on contexts. Many of my contexts are quite similar. I never liked the name of my “Weekend” context and happily adapted Joe’s “After Work”.
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take a look back at the history of glass before they explain Gorilla Glass.
(The videos were produced by Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning.)
“Everyone should live In China at least once”, writes Andrea Xu:
And when you return to the States, or wherever you are from, you’re going to be a different person. You will have stories. Stories of rickshaw drivers, of baijiu, of tonal mishaps, of being ripped off, of babies defecating on the street, of those euphoric moments where living in China for this brief period was worth it. You won’t regret it.
Everyone should live in China at least once.
I couldn’t agree more.
You flush the toilet and two hours later the water is back in the system. But what happens to the shit? Fred Kaufman investigates.
Elizabeth Bernstein’s article explains how we make decisions:
Psychology researchers have studied how people make decisions and concluded there are two basic styles. “Maximizers” like to take their time and weigh a wide range of options—sometimes every possible one—before choosing. “Satisficers” would rather be fast than thorough; they prefer to quickly choose the option that fills the minimum criteria (the word “satisfice” blends “satisfy” and “suffice”). […]
“The maximizer is kicking himself because he can’t examine every option and at some point had to just pick something,” Dr. Schwartz says. “Maximizers make good decisions and end up feeling bad about them. Satisficers make good decisions and end up feeling good.”
I’m a maximizer. Because I know that I can’t examine every option I try to find the minimum problem set that needs a decision at the moment.