FoMO, Tech, and Billionaires Sell Stocks

1st of March 2024

Hello,

Here's what I have published on the blog: 

• Summary of The Brand Flip by Marty Neumeier

• How to Remove Paywalls to Read News Articles

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

• How to Choose the Right Book

• 12 (Other) Non-Fiction Books You’ve Likely Never Heard of

• This Book Will Teach You How to Build a Brand From Scratch

• I Looked at the West’s Finances to Determine If It’s Really Bankrupt

• This Former Facebook Executive Built a $1 Billion Startup While Traveling The World (satire)

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Here's the cool stuff I have learned:

• Nokia launched the G22 So Peach, a phone made to be easily fixed by users.

• After going around the world in a solar plane, the Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard will re-attempt the exploit in a hydrogen-powered airplane.

• This company is bringing ChatGPT-like AI and Boston Dynamics-like robots together.

• Microsoft is investing in every AI company it finds such as the French OpenAI Mistral. Meanwhile, Apple scrapped its electric car plan to redirect forces into AI.

• Scientists in Antarctica developed their own accent after six months of isolation.

• Saudi Arabia finds more gas and oil.

• A shortage of planes has resulted in many routes vanishing from mid-tier cities.

• Scientists discovered microplastics in every human placenta they looked into.

• Billionaires are selling their stocks.

• After 7.7 million people left Venezuela over the last decade, violent deaths fell to a 22-year low.

• “Shadow tea” is a tea that matured in the dark before being harvested. It’s softer than “light tea”.

• Bryan Johnson on how he regrew his hair.

• Don’t take cold showers after exercising as it slows down your gains.

• FoMO levels are linked to greater competition for social status and a tendency towards self-promotion.

• Demographic density in Europe. Why aren’t we all moving to Spain? Source.

Take care,

Aure :)