Happy 2024

1st of January 2024

Hello,

Happy New Year!

Here's what I have published on the blog: 

• Summary of Intelligence: All That Matters by Stuart Ritchie

• Summary of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

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Here's the best of what I have published on Medium (free to access from this email): 

• Why Saving a Friend Is a Better Story Than Saving the Galaxy

• The Fascinating Origins of Christmas

• The 23 Books I’ve Read In 2023

• How Much I Earned Since the August Algorithm Update

• My Purpose For 2024 Is to Read As Few Books As Possible

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Here's the cool stuff I have learned:

• The Airbus A380 is making an unlikely comeback.

• Antarctica was discovered by Fabian von Bellingshausen of the Russian Empire.

• The Hashemites was a royal house of Saudi Arabia which ruled over Mecca from the 10th century until 1925 when they were ousted by the Saud family. The current king of Jordan is from the Hashemite house.

• Quantum computing is coming and it’s a problem as it may become powerful enough to crack any type of current software.

• Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971.

• This is the longest possible train journey in the world. It also makes it look like Africa, Asia, and Europe are one continent. Source.

Take care.

Aure :)