Stop Reading Lists of Things Successful People Do
BS on peoples stories and success
https://hbr.org/2017/03/stop-reading-lists-of-things-successful-people-do





Some Lessons For Living From Older Generations
"No one – not a single person out of a thousand – said that to be happy you should try to work as hard as you can to make money to buy the things you want."

http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2017/03/some-lessons-for-living/

ThisThis Article Won’t Change Your Mind
The facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs Article Won’t Change Your Mind

The facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/this-article-wont-change-your-mind/519093/

The problem with facts
Tim Harford on how today’s politicians deal with inconvenient truths

Molière once wrote: “A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.”

https://www.ft.com/content/eef2e2f8-0383-11e7-ace0-1ce02ef0def9

Created by London-based data visualisation studio Kiln and the UCL Energy Institute

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blood stock - changing ideas about our evolution
https://mosaicscience.com/story/ancient-human-evolution-neanderthal-genetics

Data firms

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/26/robert-mercer-breitbart-war-on-media-steve-bannon-donald-trump-nigel-farage

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/donald-trump-cambridge-analytica-steve-bannon

http://www.meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/

Awesome, highly curated directory of personal newsletters.(discover.getrevue.co)

Unlearning descriptive statistics

http://debrouwere.org/2017/02/01/unlearning-descriptive-statistics/

Probably the most important video on youtube

Why it’s plain stupid to buy a house in India

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/manu-rishi-guptha/why-its-plain-stupid-to-buy-a-house-in-india/?curator=alphaideas&utm_source=alphaideas

homelet.co.uk/homelet-rental-index

How alternative facts rewrite history

https://www.ft.com/content/3062d082-e3da-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb

There is no progress in isolation :(

some thoughts to consider on trade deals

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/01/trump-wants-renegotiate-even-worse-trade-deal-australia/

 ...some light relief

How to keep your secret activist Twitter account a secret

GIF GEN

Game on in UK and the States💩

like all cubs , it takes time to climb

 AUSFTA
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/01/trump-wants-renegotiate-even-worse-trade-deal-australia/

Top 10 Free Alternatives to Expensive Software

Android Irig

{https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ikmultimediaus.android.irigrecorder&hl=en_GB}

Peter's Choice
I asked my student why he voted for Trump. The answer was thoughtful, smart, and terrifying.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/donald-trump-2016-election-oklahoma-working-class

A period of national isolation. worked for Japan's Sakoku

{http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/01/17/extreme-brexit-this-was-may-s-last-moment-of-control}

We’ve Been Hacking Elections for More Than a Century
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/01/14/weve-been-hacking-elections-for-more-than-century.html

The empty platitude by Teresa no mates
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/britain-still-lacks-brexit-roadmap-a-1129194.html

{http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/charming-portraits-of-hong-kongs-shop-cats}

FT:
2016 in review: the big events, your top picks, reviews and people
{https://www.ft.com/content/5169b9ba-c91a-11e6-9043-7e34c07b46ef}

comedy

Bullseye
2016
http://www.maximumfun.org/bullseye/bullseye-jesse-thorn-end-year-2016-comedy-special

2015
http://www.maximumfun.org/bullseye/best-comedy-2015-special


round the world in 48days
http://www.yachtingworld.com/news/coville-sets-incredible-new-49-day-solo-round-the-world-record-with-a-blistering-average-speed-of-23-knots-102483

sure we'll see this again in years to come














The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians

{https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/the-50-funniest-comedy-films-chosen-comedians-stewart-lee-sarah-millican-david-baddiel}

Preparing for Brentry – after Brexit: A view from Sweden

{http://voxeu.org/article/preparing-brentry-after-brexit-view-sweden}