HeyJaredAspiring Generalist
Human-curated links for the curious, for lifelong learners, for folks who are interested in everything. Topics include (but are not limited to) relationships, aging, science & technology, education, music, society, art, work, entrepreneurship, and AI.
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Environmental Repair, Beef, and Dams (opens the original)
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Aspiring Generalist: FutureThe Earthshot Prize and the University of Exeter reveal how to make environmental repair unstoppable.Where’s the beef?Here’s what California is learning from solar panels <a href="https://www.kqed.org/science/2002033/heres-what-california-i
Overcharging, Ghost Creators, and Mario (opens the original)
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Aspiring Generalist: ConsumptionAmid soaring living costs, America’s biggest convenience-store chains quietly overcharge consumers.WTF is a ghost creator?Industry standard tools.What’s the correct way to <a href="https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/pronounce-mari
Eating, Climbing, and Bleh (opens the original)
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Aspiring GeneralistNow entering: the era of bleh.The one where I figure out in real time whether I enjoy climbing.A hungry woman is easier to dismiss than a well-fed woman.Elevators:<div class="capti
Curiosity Weekly (opens the original)
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A weekly collection of links to interesting things curated by Colin Wright.How Diamonds are MadeDiamonds are considered a symbol of love, status and strength. They’re also very old, shiny underground rocks.A rock found deep in the Earth’s crust, travelling around the world to end up as your favourite piece of jewellery.Let’s follow that journey from 100 miles underground.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://s
Fancy Cars, EVs, and Nordenfelt-Submarines (opens the original)
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Quotes from recent reads: three for everyone and another three for paid AG supporters.“You Killed the Car”Ferris Bueller’s best friend, Cameron Frye, can be summed up with one sequence, one prop, and one location. The sequence is at the Seurat painting at the Art Institute of Chicago — it’s the first time in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off that we see Cameron (played by Alan Ruck) truly look inside himself and be afraid of what he sees. The prop is his dad&#
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