Quench - 4


A subtle bias is thinking you should dream big without knowing how big you can dream.

It's Quench, periodic posts with my discoveries. #4

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1. My rabbit hole of the year - this infographic with the discoveries by people since 1500. 


2. It's difficult for robots to replace all jobs because we don't fully understand the nature of work itself. This reflects the Polanyi Paradox: our knowledge about how the world and we ourselves function is far greater than the portion we can articulate and explain to others.

3. Ozempic could delay aging. "The studies tracked more than 17,600 people, aged 45 or older, as they were given either 2.4 mg of semaglutide or a placebo for more than three years. Participants were obese or overweight and had cardiovascular disease but not diabetes. Those who took the drug died at a lower rate from all causes, including cardiovascular issues and Covid-19, researchers found."

4. My friend from France mentioned seeing an increase in cases of depression in his home country. I compared search queries in the US, France, Germany, and the UK over the past year. Given that Google's market share is roughly the same (~90%) in all these countries, the comparison seems objective!


5. Sam Altman-backed basic income research has shared the first results. The experiment, involving 3,000 participants in Illinois and Texas, provided $1,000 monthly for three years starting in 2020.

  • Recipients were 10% more likely to be actively searching for a job and 9% more likely to have applied for a job, although they applied to fewer jobs overall.
  • Participants also prioritized selecting interesting or meaningful work as an essential condition for employment.
  • Recipients reported a 20% decrease in alcohol consumption that interfered with responsibilities compared to the control group.
  • On average, recipients worked 1.3 fewer hours per week and were 2 percentage points less likely to be employed, equivalent to working about 8 fewer days per year.

6. Personality changes have been observed in heart transplant recipients since the early days of transplantation. New research suggests that these changes may not be limited to heart transplants; they can occur after the transplantation of any organ.


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9. The more feedback hurts, the more helpful it often is.


Things


I was looking for iPods and have found a shop with pretty much any model available! Excited.

Seen

Previews aren't clickable, but this will improve soon as I'm moving the articles to a coded site.

Shot on iPhone by Gawx / 24 hours in San Francisco
I'm fascinated by Gawx's works!

Also, look at the robots testing the bulletproof Cybertruck.

Vladimir Horowitz being Vladimir Horowitz for 5 minutes straight

"Don't be afraid, say Rachmaninoff!"
(P.S. important about me - I'm obsessed with them both)


Art


Orly Anan Studio, Mexico City

Quotes


When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
―Buckminster Fuller


What we do now echoes in eternity.
―Marcus Aurelius

Miracles always happen at the right moment in the lives of those with a childlike faith in the triumph of truth over falsehood, of those who believe in mutual aid and live in keeping with the gift economy. You cannot buy the revolution, you can only be the revolution.
―Nadya Tolokonnikova

Music

André 3000 - Listening To The Sun




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Até breve!

- Dasha