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It's not just a rise in mental illness and a decline of attentional capacity. There is also a set of personality changes that will make it harder for young people to succeed.
@jburnmurdoch thinks smartphones and streaming services are likely culprits:
ft.com/content/5cd77ef0-b546…
Like everything @jburnmurdoch makes, this chart is amazing.
The sharp decline in conscientiousness and rise in neuroticism among young people is astonishing.
But also of note: literally every age group has gotten less extroverted in the age of the smartphone
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The staff suggestion box. A gimmick? Or a genuinely clever way to save money, come up with ideas (like reinstating the trench coat slit in The Netherlands) and keep employees on side?
This week’s @thetimes biz column:
thetimes.com/article/628d159…
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🧥🇳🇱🚲 When Primark ditched the slits at the back of its tench coats, it simplified the design & saved costs. Sales continued to 📈
Except in one country. Netherlands. Why? Dutch consumers couldn’t cycle easily in them.
Who spotted this? A Dutch Primark shop worker…🧵
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Always more audacity
ejorgenson.com/blog/the-pere… @EricJorgenson
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"Obsession with a quantum leap holds us back. We always want to create something new out of nothing, without long hard hours of effort.
But there is no such thing as the quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap"
James Dyson
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The numbers are in: In 2024, @TheOceanCleanup removed 11,740,000 kg of trash—a 78% year-over-year increase.
A big thank-you to everyone who helped make this happen!
Now, let’s double this in 2025!
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Put the camera down. Don’t document everything. Stop selling your life off so cheaply to strangers. Keep some things sacred.
Watch my latest video with @triggerpod:
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Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵
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As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
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This Dartmouth experiment blew my mind...
(on accountability and avoiding a victim mentality)
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NY Times (Op-Ed): Gen Z Has Regrets
"Was social media a good invention? One way to quantify the value of a product is to find out how many of the people who use it wish it had never been invented."
Man... this really hits hard.
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"Nine times out of ten, sitting around strategizing is just a form of procrastination." — @paulg
