When Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin, at that time two of the most famous people in the world, pulled up in their car to an opening of Chaplin’s latest film, the fans went wild. They clawed at the windows and climbed over one another to stare inside. Bewildered, Einstein said to Chaplin, “What does this mean?” Chaplin replied, “It means nothing. Absolutely nothing.”
~BARBARA SHER, author of It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now
MOTIVATION
This iconographic will make you realize it’s never too late to start, Lifehack | Tweet
Still thinking that you might be behind the curve ball in starting a new endeavor?
→It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now: HOW TO CREATE YOUR SECOND LIFE AT ANY AGE
CREATIVITY
You don’t need a toolkit to think creatively, just the right conditions, Creative Something | Tweet
Creativity thrives under certain conditions, while it is debilitated under others.
→The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything
TECHNOLOGY
What the history of the wristwatch can teach us about the future of smartwatches, The Verge | Tweet
Counting down to a love-hate relationship.
→A Geography Of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist
TIME
Time to kill daylight saving, The Atlantic | Tweet
The changing of the clocks—which happened once again Sunday morning—is wasteful, unnecessary, and even dangerous.
→Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time
THE BRAIN
People are hopeless at drawing the Apple logo, and that tells us something about human memory, The British Psychological Society | Tweet
Apple’s iconic apple, featuring a bitten-off chunk, is one of the most recognisable logos in the world. And with the company’s ubiquitous products increasing in popularity, we’re exposed to the famous fruit image more frequently than ever. Yet a new study finds that while all this exposure provokes confidence in our memories for the logo, it fails to translate into accurate recall.
MONEY
How will we buy things when we live in the space?, Quartz | Tweet
Space tourism is costly business. Already Virgin Galactic has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into creating its commercial space program. And a ticket to space comes at a hefty price. Of course, you will have to pay for a ticket in dollars or some other earth-based currency.
→Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us
BUSINESS
Blue Moon: The ‘craft’ beer made by Coors, Priceonomics | Tweet
Blue Moon Brewing Company — the producer of the much-loved Belgian-style wheat beer — has all the aesthetic trimmings of a small, artsy brand.
SPIRITUALITY
Where does religion come from?, Big Think | Tweet
If we were to ask a priest where religion originated, his response would most likely be rooted in his theology. The same would hold true for a rabbi, imam, yogi and so forth. We believe that the roots of our personal faith provide an answer to questions of creation.
→Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
WRITING
How to build a compelling novel concept (something with a kicker!), Jane Friedman | Tweet
Writers flounder trying to figure out how to make their idea compelling enough to sustain a great novel. Unfortunately, too many search for this “secret” or magic to take place while writing the novel, hoping it will just develop on its own or appear organically as the story unfolds. It won’t. It has to be carefully constructed.
Infusing medical details into your fiction, Live Write Thrive | Tweet
Are you interested in writing medical thrillers? Or perhaps you are planning some scenes in your novel that show medical procedures. Writers often make mistakes in accuracy when it comes to medical details.
