S U N D R Y

We all spend most of our time daydreaming. And it makes us essentially unhappy (It's all about being in the moment, remember?). If you daydream at work or commuting, you might feel more unhappy than if you daydream while listening to music or listening to a conversation with your friends though. The only time we don't daydream is, well... you guessed it — danielgilbert.com

There is an ATM in Singapore that dispenses frozen Norwegian salmon — atlasobscura.com

A guide on how to choose olive oil, courtesy of the NYT Food editors. The comment section must be read too, for people have very strong opinions as to what makes good olive oil (spoiler: it has more to do with the date of extraction rather than the extra-virgin label) — nytimes.com

Why do sloths move so slowly? They eat leaves, meaning they're not taking in a lot of calories and they don't need lightning fast reactions because where they live is away from predators. Also, there is some kind of weird but fascinating relationship between their furs and the environment's algae and fungi that grow on them — bbc.com 

Extreme ritual practices (that involve physical pain) make people more resilient and better mentally equipped to deal with adversity — uchicago.edu

“He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.” — Nietzsche, quoted on thoughtshrapnel.com

“Previous research has shown that, in the context of romantic relationships, men preferentially advertise traits such as wealth, status, and ambition while women preferentially advertise physical attractiveness. This finding is somewhat surprising in light of other previous research showing that men and women report these traits to be less important than others such as trustworthiness, intelligence, and warmth.” — psyarxiv.com

A massive essay and honest attempt at explaining to Westerners (affectionately named Western, Educated people from Industrial, Rich and Developed nations aka WEIRDs) why Chinese people like their government — supchina.com

Technology & design curated links

One of UX's cardinal rule, chunking, is too-oft broken down (bad pun intended) — blog.prototypr.io

Gmail can tell your coworkers you're on vacation before they email you — techcrunch.com

How machine learning influences user interfaces — quora.com

A love letter, and the history, of Excel, the most ubiquitous piece of software in the world — stephsmith.io

Taller and taller screens have prompted designers to consider putting menus in the bottom of the view instead of in the header — smashingmagazine.com

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