De-Dollarization, Culture, and Blue Light
by Aure's Notes
Hello,
Welcome to our 700th subscriber and welcome to Substack!
Here's the best of what I have published on Medium these last 15 days (free to access from this email):
Here's the interesting stuff I have learned:
This Motorola box connects your phone to a satellite so you can receive messages anywhere on Earth. It only works for messages though - no calling.
This flying car was given the right to…fly. It’s a first in the world.
We now know the exact location of the moon by the millimeter thanks to laser technology.
Russia is legalizing piracy of non-Russian-made digital products. Russian producers fear Russians will consume more foreign material (now free) than Russian material as a result.
When Poland went from a socialist to a capitalist economy, many factories closed as they were then competing with cheaper, more efficient Asian factories. Ironically, Poland’s economy suffered a lot when it switched from a planned system to a capitalist system in 1989.
Convergent evolution happens when different societies develop the same technologies independently of each other because they need to solve the same problem at the same time. Here’s a list of examples.
Gall’s law explains that A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse is also true: you cannot design a complex system. It must evolve from a simple system.
A team of scientists analyzed millions of words from texts. They noticed that mental diseases have been surging for the last two decades, likely due to socioeconomic changes, new technology, and social media.
A paper was published confirming that culture is widely derived from the environment.
Funny: People who believe in cosmic manifestation, visualization, etc are more likely to have experienced bankruptcy.
Children absorb 45% more blue light through the retina than adults, which highlights the importance of protecting them from screens, especially at night.
Personal news: I realized I’ve earned more than $20k writing articles online. Would you be interested if I wrote a book where I explain how to earn money writing on Medium.com? If yes, let me know here.
Cause of death in real life VS in the media. Source.
Take care,
Auré :)