Sundry: Baking, Kobe Bryant, pop songs, kissing, smart speakers, nostalgia
S U N D R Y Doctors woke up a patient in the midst of a brain surgery to ask her to play violin. They wanted to verify that she wouldn't lose any vital parts...
Sundry: Parasite, the feeling of disgust, sexting, sunstone, Zuckerberg's notebooks
S U N D R Y Thanks to the film Parasite, the authorities in Seoul will improve living conditions for semi-basement apartments. 1500 apartments will receive...
Sundry: Taxes, rain, the magic of chess, knots, natural selection
S U N D R Y Taxes on the wealthy do not diminish their purchasing power. The rich and powerful usually argue that tax increases will prevent them from buying...
Sundry: Kurosawa's favs, motivation, conspiracy theories, Cuttlefish, dating
S U N D R Y Giving, as opposed to taking, has a direct and positive impact on brain activity. Although sociologists see both as sides of the same coin...
Sundry: Language's origin, Waze, lying to appear honest, divination, Instagram on Windows 95
S U N D R Y A warm welcome to all new subscribers. Thank you for being here! Innovation in classical music can cause remarkable uproar. Here's a list of all...
Sundry: Placebo, Tarkovsky, parking, the key to love, Dalí meets Freud, loss aversion
S U N D R Y The Netherlands doesn't want to be called Holland anymore. Holland is home to three of the most visited cities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam,...
Sundry: The 10,000 steps myth, exporting blood, juice ads, restaurant of airplane food
S U N D R Y Everybody knows about how walking 10,000 steps a day is good for your health. But did you bother to check why this particular number is right?...
Sundry: 3D exes, virtue-signalling, Brad Pitt, polarised politics, Domino's v. Pizza Hut
S U N D R Y People are having sex with 3D versions of their exes. And celebrities too. What about the law? Apparently, it's still a whole new world —...
Sundry: Beating winter blues, Wikipedia's dark side, the T.I 83, Japanese woodblock tabloids
S U N D R Y As colder days inches forward, some of us dread the Winter Blues. But the 70,000 people living in Tromsø, Norway have a different approach. They...
Sundry: Love and texting, Mona Lisa, social self-driving cars, creeps, signaling
S U N D R Y In 2010, only 10% of young adults used texts to ask someone out. In 2013, it grew to 23%. Today, I wonder whether anybody calls someone to ask...
Sundry: Purpose, wikiHow, negotiations, the illusion of transparency, cannabis
S U N D R Y Neoclassical economics finds its roots in equilibrium thermodynamics. And it's outdated. More simply put, the concept of equilibrium (which...
Sundry: Antibiotic resistance, Estonia, metro logos, the next dot com bubble, Jamaican sprinters
S U N D R Y Why are Jamaicans the fastest runners in the world? Is it genes? What if it's social factors: pre-existing role models; national competitions...
Sundry: Sparrows and China's Great Leap, Occam's Razor, onions, chaotic NY deliveries, hypocognition
S U N D R Y The Great Leap Forward was a Chinese plan to restructure the economy. One of the first things was to eradicate the “four pests” that were...
Sundry: Ancient Chinese AC, ocean videos, Bauhaus vs. Nazis, buffet lines
S U N D R Y How did people in ancient China keep cool during the summer heat? — quora.com The Holocaust needed hellish logistics. IBM and its punchcard...
Sundry: Miyazaki's airships, colour perception, sleep and work, removing freeways
S U N D R Y What makes airships in Miyazaki's films so fascinating? — youtube.com Looks like sleeping really helps solve problems: “In the evening, we...
Sundry: The end of sex (?), escalators, Sun Tzu, red meat, how to board airplanes
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...
Sundry: altruism, plastic teabags, Wittgenstein, guarantees, lottery winners
S U N D R Y Special announcement! (banner will be removed next week) Say hello to Kurkuma! A new newsletter about the tech industry, user experience (UX) and...
Sundry: family dinners around the world, the friendzone, Christianity, whistling, yellow
S U N D R Y Special announcement Say hello to Kurkuma! A new newsletter about the tech industry, user experience (UX) and everything in between. It's aimed...
Sundry: Losing weight playing chess (!), AC technology, addiction, building pyramids, monsters
S U N D R Y Paul Romer, Nobel laureate in economics, goes to Burning Man. There, he claims, might be the solution to urban planning — nytimes.com + learn...
Sundry: Daydreaming, salmon ATMs, Nietzsche on dragons, olive oil, Excel, China to Westerners
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...