Happy May, and welcome to the 34th issue of ‘How Curious!’ ✌️ After a slightly rocky start to lockdow
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May 3 · Issue #34 · View online
A short monthly newsletter packed with awesome new discoveries and personal recommendations!
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Happy May, and welcome to the 34th issue of ‘How Curious!’ ✌️ After a slightly rocky start to lockdown (I’m pretty certain I had COVID-19!), I’ve gotten into the swing of things now. Of course some moments and days are harder than others, but I’ve adapted to the fact we could be in this for quite awhile. In my new found spare time I’m learning Spanish, exploring new exercise regimes and honing my no-code skills. Seeing daily progress in each of these is incredibly fulfilling. 🇪🇸🏃♂️🤓
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The person who asks is a fool for five minutes, but the person who does not ask remains a fool forever. - Chinese Proverb Applaud what you want more of, not just berate what you want less of. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child - Brandon Sanderson
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Sum: Tales from the Afterlives - Eagleman, David (9/10)
Quirky book of short tales which explore 40 different versions of what the afterlife is like. Amusing and profound! This is the first fiction I’ve read in a long time. I was hugely surprised by how much I liked it! I’ve since introduced more fiction into my reading list.
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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Chouinard, Yvon, Klein, Naomi (7/10)
The founder of Patagonia discusses his unorthodox approach to business and running a large corporate. Very cool to see a large company with sustainability at the core of everything they do. ““Make the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, and use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.”
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The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology - Parrish, Shane, Beaubien, Rhiannon (Reading)
The 2nd volume in this instalment on mental models from Shane Parrish explores how principles from physics, chemistry and biology can be applied to other domains. I studied chemistry and physics so this is a nice little refresher with a twist.
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Stories of Your Life and Others - Chiang, Ted (Reading)
I thought science fiction was weird and irrelevant. Man was I wrong! A genre that explores the potential consequences of scientific, social and technological innovations is super relevant right now. This book contains 8 diverse stories, including ‘Story of Your Life’, which was the basis for the major motion picture Arrival (which I recently watched and enjoyed!).
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View my digital bookshelf, reading list and the top highlights from my recent reads here.
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#81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk - The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Angel investor Jason Calacanis talks high stakes poker, how to make intelligent investing decisions, how systems enable or forbid, and demystifies the culture of Silicon Valley.
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#63 with Andrew Wilkinson - Buying cash-flowing internet companies, starting job boards and building no-code projects - My First Million
This episodes guest Andrew Wilkinson is the co-founder of Tiny - the internet version of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway. Super interesting podcast covering many topics, including; The perfect cash-flowing companies, no-code agencies, businesses that didn’t work out and subscription podcasting.
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What would you do if you knew there was a 20% chance some form of lockdown would last for 6+ months? I’ve made up this stat, but it’s an interesting thought exercise, and has drastically changed my current approach. I’ve now invested in a mini home-gym, great projector and a new office chair. I’ve also thrown myself into the following:
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Learning Spanish: Duolingo & Michel Thomas
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Exercise: Joe Wicks (15-20min HIIT) & Strava (Running app)
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No-code: Webflow - Build beautiful websites without any code
Challenging my brain in a few domains is incredibly enjoyable, brings daily variety and seeing progress is super fulfilling!
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Have hobbies that leave plenty of room for improvement,
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The Technium: 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine, shares 68 nuggets of advice on his 68th birthday.
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Good Books | Books recommended by successful people
Looking for the best books to read in 2020? Discover the best book recommendations from the world’s most successful, influential and interesting people.
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Visualize dimensions in Augmented Reality
Visualize product dimensions with augmented reality in your browser. Take the guesswork out of shopping online. Try it out on your mobile browser!
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Radio Garden – Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Although I don’t listen to the radio, this site to explore live radio around globe is very cool! Kudos to Jindy for this find.
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What zombie movies got wrong about the actual apocalypse, part 1,487: they omitted scenes of people on the street demanding the right to be eaten by zombies.
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