Weekly Filet #234: Why you don't believe in facts, and how to fix it. And more.
1. Why you don't believe in facts, and how to fix it. (Lisa Charlotte Rost)
The title pretty much speaks for itself. I'll just add: Come for the beautiful illustrations, stay for an essential read for anyone who tries to communicate facts to others (like, say, about climate change to the POTUS 🤦♂️).
2. Planning the Perfect Death (The Daily)
Days before he was scheduled to die, John Shields had a surprising idea. He wanted to have a wake for himself. And he would be there. Alive.
3. The world is running out of sand (The New Yorker)
«Sand» is probably not the first thing to come to your mind to complete the sentence «The world is running out of...». And reading a 5000 word story on just that is probably not what gets you overly excited. But trust me on this one.
4. Fireflies (Nicky Case)
A fascinating interactive explainer on how fireflies synchonise their flashing to create one big lightshow. (Once you know it, it seems fairly obvious, but it had apparently remained a mystery for nearly a century).
5. Not even wrong - ways to dismiss technology (Benedict Evans)
«The question is not whether something works, but whether you know how to change it.» – an excellent text on how to predict the future.