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301. A critical behavioural economics and behavioural science reading list 302. Calculus Made Easy 303. The Complete, Untold History of Halo 304. How Long Does It Take Ordinary People To “Get Good” At Chess? 305. Focus groups: what are they for? 306. The Onion: 20 Years Later 307. Why skyscrapers are so short 308. 40 […]
Ten ways to slightly improve your life without really trying
In The Guardian, there is an article with a list of 100 ways to slightly improve your life (without really trying). I do not agree with all of them (for various reasons), so I decided to pick out the ten I believe provide the greatest marginal gain: Get the lighting right: turn off the overhead […]
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