Consumption Week 27
My notes from some of the media I consumed this week.
Contents
Yorkshire grandad breaks world land speed record using his water powered motorbike invention that took 10 years to build in his shed
https://youtu.be/Z4HhfdT-Uko?t=30
- ““It’s just a big bomb really, and it all started in my shed,” Mr Sykes said.”
- “The bike then turns this water to steam which thrusts it forwards
- the invention is eco-friendly and reached the speed of 163mph in 3.87 seconds over ⅛ mile.”
Tags: Motorbikes, Transport, Innovation, Invention
1,546 miles: Guinness World Record for distance traveled by a hydrogen car on a single tank
Tags: EVs, Hydrogen
Revealed: London’s red-hot property postcodes, and where to look for discounts
Tags: Housing, London, Cost of Living
How Luxury Cars Rip You Off
- Lambos have Rover and Nissan parts, Maseratis have Chrysler parts, and every hypercar uses OEM Hella lights.
Tags: Cars, Corporate Greed
[More or Less: Behind the Stats] Halving inflation, Scottish tidal power and have 1 in 3 women had an abortion?
- Remove VAT and the companies simply make more profit e.g. 5% tampon tax removed, prices dropped <1%.
Tags: Business, Corporate Greed, Tax
[Gadget Lab: Weekly Tech News from WIRED] Our Clothes Are Making Us Sick
- Nearly all clothes are bad, as are nearly all laundry detergents (in the USA). Toxins everywhere. Polys are bad. Dyes are bad. Performance/anti-X are bad. Basically, be naked all the time.
- But if you don’t experience any skin issues it may not be too bad.
Tags: Clothing, Health, Corporate Greed
[Founders] #269 Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel The Autobiography of Sam Zell
- Business is not a battle to be waged — it’s a puzzle to be solved.
Tags: Business, Autobiography, Entrepreneurship
[The Tim Ferriss Show] #680: Richard Koch — Revisiting the 80/20 Principle, The Power of Optimistic Journaling, Studying History to Improve Investing, and The Grand Beliefs of Winners
- Entertaining listen. Fun, positive guy. Founder of LEK.
- BCG had factions, Bain had a team.
- Meet the right people and be a likable person.
Tags: Business, Optimism, Consulting, Success
Every Noise at Once
- I never knew so many genres existed! One of the best tools I’ve discovered for finding new music. The Scan feature is particularly fun.
Tags: Music
Discover Quickly
- By the same creator as the above! Connect to your Spotify and, based on your likes and playlists, or other playlists, or even random artists/genres, discover similar music incredibly quickly. You can hover over any song to get a quick preview, so you can easily listen to dozens of tracks in a few minutes. Amazing!
Tags: Music
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story - Arnold Schwarzenegger
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14546626-total-recall
- Never let pride get in your way
- Don’t overthink
- Forget plan B
- You can use outrageous humor to settle a score
- The day has twenty-four hours
- Reps, reps, reps
- Don’t blame your parents
- Change takes big balls
- Take care of your body and your mind
- Stay hungry
Tags: Biography, Autobiography, Success, Inspiration
[People Fixing the World] The power of a backstory
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fym29n
- Beautiful idea. People are not numbers, but individuals with histories, hopes, fears, and futures. Reminds me of sonder - n. the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own (https://lnkd.in/ezPZ57_Y).
- It makes sense from a business perspective too. A one-page biography improves patient care through humanisation, which both reduces costs and increases customer satisfaction. Win-win.
Tags: Wellbeing, Psychology, Healthcare, Mental Health, Aging
[The Art of Manliness] Master Microtransitions to Improve the Happiness, Success, and Flow of Your Life
- Microtransitions: The change between two tasks e.g. work and home, two dissimilar meetings. The “third space” is the physical and/or mental gap between the two.
- Reflect - previous task: focus on positives more than negatives - what went well? - although can be a vent
- Rest - breath, meditate, motorbike
- Reset - next task: what do I want to happen, who do I want to be
Tags: Mindset, Attitude, Happiness
[Huberman Lab] Dr. Jeffery Goldberg: How to Improve Your Eye Health & Offset Vision Loss
- Not sure if I agree with all (e.g. they think UV is terrible and LASIK is amazing) but a load of useful information about eye care.
Tags: Eyesight, Health
[Huberman Lab] Science-Supported Tools to Accelerate Your Fitness Goals
https://hubermanlab.com/science-supported-tools-to-accelerate-your-fitness-goals/
- Zone 2 Cardio & Daily Activities
- Low Repetition Strength Training, 3 x 5 Protocol, Warm-Up Sets
- “Sugarcane” Endurance Protocol
- Exercise “Snacks”
- Cardiovascular & Muscular Endurance
- Rest Period & Physiological Sighs
- Down-Regulation Breathing & Recovery
- “The Line”
- Smartphone Use & Training
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Creatine
- Rhodiola Rosea
- Training Fasted or Fed, Caffeine
Tags: Health, Exercise, Diet, Meditation
The Perfect Road for a Square Wheel and How to Design It
- The maths went way over my head, but it’s pretty cool.
Tags: Maths, Science, Engineering