014 - Ikigai

Kyle Scheuerle
January 05, 2023

Welcome!

Welcome to thirty-two eleven (”3211”). This newsletter will entail: 3 Reads, 2 Rabbit Holes, 1 Watch, and 1 Listen — 3/2/1/1. Detailing what I have been up to, on the internet.

introduction:

Started a new book, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia. The book goes into detail on the longest living communities in the world. He emphasizes a sense of community and knowing your Ikigai as components to living the longest. Ikigai is the convergence of four areas of life: what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.

3 reads:

1 - Artificial Intelligence is starting to guess protein makeups.

Thanks to DALL-E, the Race to Make Artificial Protein Drugs Is On

Designing proteins is just the first step. The next is translating these digital designs into actual proteins and seeing how they work in cells.

https://singularityhub.com/2023/01/03/thanks-to-dall-e-the-race-to-make-artificial-protein-drugs-is-on/?utm_source=pocket_saves

2 - Farmers are using VR to make their cows produce more milk.

A Turkish Farmer Tests Out VR Goggles on Cows To Get More Milk

A farmer in Turkey is testing VR headsets on his cows to see if they would produce more milk when they're tricked into thinking they're on green fields.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/a-turkish-farmer-tests-out-vr-goggles-on-cows-to-get-more-milk?utm_source=pocket_reader

3 - The history of ice.

Frederic Tudor in 1806 Brings Cocktails and Ice Cream to the Rest of the World - New England Historical Society

People called Frederic Tudor ridiculous for trying to sell New England pond ice to the West Indies, Then they called him King--as in Ice King.

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/frederic-tudor-1806-brings-cocktails-and-ice-cream-world/?utm_source=pocket_saves

2 rabbit holes:

1 - Tim Ferriss' Fear Setting Exercise.

Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss

I do an exercise called “fear-setting” at least once a quarter, often once a month. It is the most powerful exercise I do. Fear-setting has produced my biggest business and personal successes, as well as repeatedly helped me to avoid catastrophic mistakes. The above TED talk gives you an overview, and the below text … Continue reading "Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month"

https://tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/?utm_source=pocket_saves

2 - Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

Change in Popularity

Change in Name Popularity

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/popularity_decrease.html?utm_source=pocket_saves

1 watch:

1 - Live stream of a watering hole in the Namib Desert (Southwest Africa). Pretty cool sometimes you'll get lucky and see Animals getting something to drink.

1 listen:

1 - Banger. Quiver by Silk

Cheers,