A humorous weaving of events that center around 4am.
Category: Notes
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“The Ultimate Mouthful: Lunge Feeding in Rorqual Whales” by Jeremy A. Goldbogen
We finally understand (mostly at least) how the biggest animals on the planet eat. This article describes the fascinating process that rorqual whales (e.g. blue whales, humpback whales, fin whales) go through to get a little food into their bellies.
It is especially interesting to me that we are barely (in the past decade) getting enough information to piece this process together.
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/issue.aspx?id=8779&y=0&no=&content=true&page=2&css=print
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Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Most leaders market “what” they do and “how” they do it and maybe “why” they do it. Instead, Sinek suggests that the most successful leaders market “why” they do the “how” of their “what”. -
Rebecca MacKinnon: Let’s take back the Internet!
The internet is not as free as we think it is. Instead, many companies have inserted themselves as self-appoint (and often government approved) censors of content. MacKinnon argues that such censorship hampers our ability to keep our government in check. -
“Stumbling on Happiness” by Daniel Gilbert
Gilbert strings together a variety of studies to help explain one of the greatest mysteries of our time: how ‘happiness’ works. The book is chocked so full of useful information that it has become one of my best reads in a long time.
Interesting tidbit: humans are really bad predictors at what will make them happy.
Interesting tidbit 2: Most people would drive across town to save $100 on a $200 stereo but would not drive across town to save $100 on a $20,000 car. Even though they save the same amount of money.