Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. I've just started reading Mark Tegmark's book Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence — the subtitle helpfully tells you what the book is about! In chapter three Mark linked to this video showing Google's Deepmind AI program learning to play the Atari game Breakout. Pretty cool!

2. I really enjoyed this conversation with Robert Wright on Sam Harris' podcast. They discuss consciousness, Buddhism and the science behind meditation and enlightenment.

3. A good list: 33 ways to stay creative. "4. Get away from the computer" — Noted!

4. Morgan Housel on Expiring vs long-term knowledge: "Long-term knowledge is harder to notice because it’s buried in books rather than blasted in headlines. . . . It’s not just that long-term knowledge rarely expires, letting you accumulate it over time. It’s that [it] compounds over time. Expiring knowledge tells you what happened; long-term knowledge tells you why something happened and is likely to happen again. That 'why' can translate and interact with stuff you know about other topics, which is where the compounding comes in."

5. This week's music recommendation is Benny Greb's latest album Grebfruit 2. His reworking of Genesis' Jesus He Knows Me is really great. There's only one Benny Greb!

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. A technology horror story — "I Forgot My PIN": An Epic Tale of Losing $30,000 in Bitcoin

2. It's easy to forget this: "Education isn't here to make you feel comfortable. A good education should, inherently, cause us discomfort. Part of the 'enlightening experience' built into the definition of the word 'education' itself is shining light into the darkness of our own ignorance. When has that ever felt good?" — We Shouldn't Always Feel Comfortable: Why 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Matters

3. I just finished reading The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley. It's a fascinating, thought provoking book. It definitely tested my assumptions and biases in a number of areas.

4. Attack of the VR shark.

5. This week's music recommendation is Otto Totland's album Pinô. This album reminded me a lot of Nils Frahm's piano based albums, maybe that shouldn't come as a surprise as it was recorded and produced by him!

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. I hope so! — Owning a car will soon be a thing of the past

2. I absolutely love these colourised black and white photos. There is something really powerful about a black and white photo, but seeing these historical photos in colour really brings them to life. This is one of my favourites.

3. Probably not this goalkeeper's proudest moment.

4. Well, this will make me think twice next time I take advise from an online review — The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare

5. This week's music recommendation is Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm's album Trance Frendz. It might have a stupid name, but it's a great album. If you haven't listened to much "wordless" music, this is a good place to start.

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. On Monday astronomers announced that they had witnessed the collision of two dead stars. Mind-blowing stuff. This sentence describing those dead stars is more than a little mind bending: "... neutron stars are full of stuff, matter packed at the density of Mount Everest in a teaspoon."

2. More priceless wisdom from Seth Godin: The engine of our discontent. If you haven't subscribed to his daily newsletter, you should consider it. It's a gold mine.

3. I'm really looking forward to reading Walter Isaacson's new book on Leonardo Di Vinci. His book on Benjamin Franklin was excellent. Tim Ferriss interviewed Walter on his podcast last week. If you're curious about the book, it's a good place to start. Tim Ferriss is a great interviewer.

4. Who'd have thought videos of lane-modifying machines could be so interesting. Saying that, I'm pretty sure the folks at 99% Invisible could make anything interesting!

5. This week's music recommendation is Rafael Anton Irisarri's latest album The Shameless Years. Rafael is one of favourite ambient/ drone composers. He writes great music to think or work to (exactly like I'm doing right now!).

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. I tend to avoid playing games on my phone but Really Bad Chess is really good.

2. Tim Ferriss interviewed Sir Richard Branson on his podcast. Such an inspiring guy.

3. Google has built the Babel Fish!

4. An awesome collection of photos from National Geographic's Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

5. This week's musical recommendation is Overture by Hidden Orchestra (from their album Archipelago). The song will take you on quite a journey!

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