Hi everyone,

This week we're diving into how to solicit hard feedback, why we stopped making Einsteins and the magic of the Internet.

Cheers,
Janel

Indistinguishable From Magic
What was the last magical experience you truly remember? A beautiful essay on how technology has made our life so much easier.

Why We Stopped Making Einsteins
Where have all the geniuses gone? A compelling read on the vast difference between access to and engagement with information, and why 1:1 tutoring creates geniuses.

I was extremely curious to find out "Who is the closest person alive to a modern-day Einstein?", so I asked around on Reddit and got many thought-provoking answers, but nothing definite.

Why Do So Many Zippers Say YKK?
YKK, the Japanese zipper behemoth, makes roughly half of all the zippers on earth. Here's why they make so many.

Differentiation In The Sea Of Sameness
A masterclass in differentiation for businesses by Peep Laja. “Differentiation is about standing out from the noise and giving people a reason to choose you over others.” Take your time to dig into these clearly distilled ideas. Then fight sameness.

Soliciting Hard Feedback
Ideas on how to elicit hard feedback that you can use to improve.

• Identify a few people who will have the toughest feedback and ask them specifically.
  
• Ask questions that force people to think about what I could be doing better, e.g. "if I were to step into a promotion today, what gaps should I cover to make me perform better?
  
• Force yourself to listen

10 Ways To Make Notion Faster
Useful, non-gimmicky tips on how to speed up your usage on Notion. The /turn command is very handy!

W3 Schools - Learn various programming languages for free. I'm currently using this to refresh my barely-there JavaScript knowledge.

Palette.fm - An AI colorizer app that helps you bring vibrancy into black & white photos using word prompts.

You carefully choose which apps you use for email, notes, etc. So why are you still using the default contacts app? It’s time to upgrade. Meet Clay, the better contacts app.

Find out why over 8,000 entrepreneurs love Business Brainstorms - the free weekly 3-minute report, packed with under-the-radar trends, business ideas, and actionable frameworks.

Get all your web articles, RSS subscriptions & newsletters in one place. With Matter, you can read, highlight, annotate, and sync to your knowledge base in Notion, Roam & Obsidian.

Pixel Space - An accurate scale model of the solar system

The Ultimate Manhole Covers Site - A site dedicated to cataloguing the world's large variety of manhole covers. Talk about a niche hobby.