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+ Space language, Death spiral, Five Whys (#316)
1. Use this tool to overcome the biggest decision-making mistake
How many people live in the Tokyo metro-area? What is Germany's per-capita GDP? What portion of Kenya's electricity is generated from hydropower? This story comes with an interactive quiz to teach you a lesson about overconfidence. Fun and insightful. Channel your inner Fermi and try it now.
2. 20 Million Trees
A great episode from Gimlet’s new How to Save a Planet podcast. It revolves around the question of how to get people involved in fighting climate change who might not think of themselves as climate activists. The protagonist: a 22-year old YouTuber with dozens of millions of subscribers, who they describe as a «2020’s version of Jackass, but slightly more wholesome and with a much bigger budget». Listen to it now.
3. How Will Language Change if Humans Travel the Stars?
Here’s a mind-bending issue you probably never thought of (maybe because humans travelling beyond the sun isn’t your primary concern, but hear me out). …