Hello,
Here's what I have published on the blog:
7 Concepts Explaining Why You Are Who You Are and Why You Do What You Do
Summary of The End of the Sacred (La Fin du Sacré) by Sylvain Durain
Here's what I have published on Medium (free to access from this email):
Here's the interesting stuff I have learned:
Among the most ancient texts that the Vatican conserves in its library are the Merovingian documents (the Merovingians were a French dynasty started by Clovis in the 6th century), the Papal Letters, and the Codex Vaticanus, a Greek copy of the Bible dating from the 4th century.
The Church owned 20% of all land in Europe in 1200.
The suit comes from Britain and appeared in the late 19th century.
The idea of the Big Bang was introduced by Georges Lemaître, a Belgian physicist and Catholic priest in 1931.
Organoids are artificially synthesized clumps of cells that could at some point be used to grow human organs.
China is using drones to extinguish fires in buildings.
Proxemics is the branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel necessary to set between themselves and others.
The strength of a relationship seems to rest on the partners’ impression of being loved. When neither feels loved, destructive behavior begins.
Breaking up with somebody can produce symptoms akin to PTSD.
Retired Chinese are joining dating apps to find a partner…for their kid.
From Rob Henderson: Women in movies and TV shows physically approach ordinary men with clear romantic interest approximately 16 times more often than in real life.
Daycare may be psychologically damaging to babies and young children due to the perceived abandonment they feel when being dropped off.
This SaaS enables you to receive real estate sales and rental alerts for houses located next to your friends’ places. The purpose is to help you live near your friends because it has a positive impact on your health and happiness.
On the personal news side, I moved to Ericeira, Portugal. If anyone’s around and wants to hang out, let me know by replying to this email.
The image below shows which countries are net exporters and which are net importers. Source.
The countries at the top are characterized by strong manufacturing capabilities or energy exports, while the ones at the bottom are service countries. In a globalized world, it’s not a problem. But what happens when export restrictions are imposed?
You can’t feed a population with cloud services and YouTube videos. I believe there’s a risk to focus too much on the digital/service sector to the detriment of the first and second sectors (food and manufactured goods), partly due to job attractiveness.
Take care,
Auré :)