S U N D R Y

Is it inefficient to walk up the escalator? — marginalrevolution.com

Have we ended sex? In the 21st century, men and women are benefitting from hard-won and thrilling new liberties that are derived from feminism: women can demand more pleasure from sex, have more equal romantic relationships, can engage in more casual adventures and experiment. Men, too, got some upgrades: they are less expected to be the bread winner of the household, are more expected to share their emotions, and have a more involved role in parenting. However, in the bedroom, things are much more different: younger generations have less sex. This might be because “forcing sex into a politically correct paradigm annihilates it”. Women are complaining that men in the bedroom are meek and not assertive enough and that this is a turn-off. Men are confused because they feel they are walking on eggshells. What to do? 

Scepticism applied to Sun Tzu, author of “The Art of War” — thestrategybridge.org

The Guardian has a list of the 20 companies that make 1/3rd of all carbon emissions. Combine with a list of the 20 biggest producers of plastic. What if governments enacted laws to force these companies to change their behaviours? Could that be more efficient than changing consumer behaviour? Is it unrelated?

What is the fastest way to board an airplane? — kottke.org

Electric stimulation might be a good solution to depression. The patients who received such a treatment years ago are still feeling better today — nytimes.com

Apparently, eating red meat is not as dangerous as previously thought (apparently it does not even look dangerous anymore). This comes the Annals of Internal Medicine, which was the body who gave the past recommendation years ago. Nutrition is a complex subject — wsj.com

This is the Sundry Newsletter. It is a distillation of what I read every week: society, fun facts, history, business, science, branding, art, etc. Thank you for reading — Ulysse Sabbag.