Auraldiversity is an interesting frontiers post, aimed at children but valuable to all, which describes diversity of aural experiences among people and how they might experience sounds differently.
Long time readers of Found This Week will know I'm a big fan of both Tim Ferriss and Seth Godin, and as a result I was excited to listen to a recent interview with Seth Godin on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast. Seth has a unique ability to deliver wisdom wrapped up in empathy with a shot of motivation, and this interview did not disappoint.
Gergely Orosz posted a great piece about critical thinking and how to improve your practice, which starts with embracing the concept of not knowing something, and systematically learning. This is very similar concept to Carol Dweck's book Growth Mindset.
This fascinating Shortwave episode describes how American scientists working with Chinese farmers have successfully engineered a strand of perennial rice and harvested it over mutiple crop years. Rice usually has to be planted from seed each year, which is labour intensive and harmful to the health of farm land. This perennial rice regrows each year without having to replanted, while also rejuvenating the land.
The IPCC released its sixth report, a synthesis report of all its previous reports, updated with the latest data on climate change.
It shows that we are currently on track for 3.2°C warming.
It states starkly that "the level of greenhouse gas emission reductions this decade largely determine whether warming can be limited to 1.5°C or 2°C" and "The choices and actions implemented in this decade will have impacts now and for thousands of years".
Micropedia is a useful website that gathers together a library of microaggressions and explains how they manifest, how to avoid them, and how to respond to them.
