John MacGaffey
Unobtrusive Bits of Whimsy
Click on circus tent. Receive confetti.
John MacGaffey
Links for November 21, 2021
😷 Reading the mind with a mask? Improvement in reading the mind in the eyes during the COVID-19 pandemic — PubMed
Spending more time relying on reading people's eyes to gauge their emotions enhances your ability to do so. Our brains are extremely adaptable:
These results suggest that in addition
Not For You
If you constantly shave off every rough edge of your work that might turn someone away, the result will be so bland, no one will care about it.
Conducting
There’s no shortcut to being healthy, fit, calm, and content.
Commitment
If it takes 45 minutes to roast potatoes at 400° fahrenheit, when will they be done if you cook them at room temperature?
People Like Us
So much of our world is shaped by our powerful drive to organize into groups and align our behaviors with one another.
Selling Pickaxes
Online mattress retailer Casper announced this week that it's being acquired by a private equity firm.
Compounding
A genie appears and offers you a million dollars now, or a sum of money every day for a month, starting with one penny today and doubling the amount you receive every day.
Keep the Channel Open
Theseus' paradox poses a simple thought experiment: If you systematically replace every single part of a ship over an extended period of time, is it still the same ship?
Links for November 14, 2021
🔗 Computers that Can Make Commitments — Chris Dixon
One of the challenges of talking about blockchains (the underlying technology that enables Bitcoin, for example), is that conversations about it often devolve into explaining the underlying protocols.
Chris Dixon has a great article explaining that the value of a blockchain is simply