Links. Tweets (week 2022.02)
Links of the Week
A how-to guide to surviving falling from a plane without a parachute (or at least to slightly increasing your chances of doing so).
Several social science studies get derailed by teenagers on TikTok
Tweets of the Week
Met an old guy with no bank account. When I asked him why he didn't have one he said "I just never got into that shit"
for example, @SFBART averages 178Wh/pax-mile (2019 numbers), and a Tesla model 3 is rated at 255Wh/mi, so it does better at >1.44 people per vehicle
Lots of talk lately about individual loss of trust in institutions, but institutions lost trust in individuals a long time ago.
BenGoldhaber @BenGoldhaber
I think any real rectification of mental health should have to start by coming up with a taxonomy of all the various types of tiredness. There's at least dozens of them, I'm pretty sure that getting them mixed up is the 80/20 cause of most human psychological stuckness
If Holly (Ilex aquifolium) finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it switches genes on to make them spiky when they regrow. So on taller Holly trees, the upper leaves (which are out of reach) have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are prickly 🤙