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#1 Food: Research from Dr. Panda shows that we should restrict our eating to align with our circadian rhythms. The article seems to suggest that the pancakes and syrup I just ate will be digested better in the morning, phew...
#2 Facebook: Interesting assessment of the health of Facebook from a business, advertising and platform perspective from Ben Thompson. He is very bullish on the company and suggests they have succeeded in digitizing our relationships: "By extension, to insist that Facebook will die any day now is in some respects to suggest that humanity will cease to exist any day now; granted, it is a company and companies fail, but even if Facebook failed it would only be a matter of time before another Facebook rose to replace it."
#3 Beanie Babies: I still have 100+ beanie babies sitting in my parent's attic. I wrote about how this happened and why we might want to do more things that don't make sense.
#4 Born To Be Unhappy: The first part of a three-part series titled "Born To Be Unhappy" is worth a read for its concise assessment of human nature (for a longer read, check out The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt). Part three was equally convincing and lays out 10 pieces of wisdom to implement in your life.
#5 Specialist vs. Generalist: Interesting research finding: "generalist scientists performed best when the pace of change was slower and their ability to draw from diverse knowledge domains was an advantage in the field, but specialists gained advantage when the pace of change increased and their deeper expertise allowed them to use new knowledge created at the knowledge frontier"
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