Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. Well that's just cheating! — AI robot arm scans Where's Wally books to find elusive character in seconds

2. Legendary jazz pianist Thelonius Monk's advice for playing with... Thelonius Monk.

3. A handy little website by designer and educator Mitch Goldstein on the purpose of critique and how to critique effectively.

4. Yet another fascinating episode of the After On podcast. This time with David Reich on ancient DNA.

5. An interesting video on how English might sound if it was phonetically consistent.

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. A good Longform Podcast interview with Bryan Fogel, the Oscar-winning director of one of my favourite documentaries, Icarus. If you haven't seen the documentary yet, watch it!

2. These three-dimensional portraits of cats made of felted wool are amazing... and a little bit creepy.

3. An interesting read on Google Translate and the World Cup — “Over this last month or so, it has been possible to glimpse the future of how we travel: a world in which language is no longer a prerequisite for understanding.”

4. The difference between amateurs and professionals.

5. A fascinating episode of the After-On podcast on the evolution of beauty with Richard Prum. His book on the subject sounds really interesting.

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. Great episode of the After-On podcast with the endlessly fascinating Stewart Brand.

2. Derek Sivers on unlearning. I love the John Cage quote at the end of the piece: “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”

3. When a podcast has the title ”Where are the aliens? Three new resolutions to the Fermi Paradox. And how we could easily colonise the whole universe” you know it’s going to be an interesting conversation!

4. The musical sophistication of… Ringtones?

5. A new single from Ólafur Arnalds. Looking forward to the release of his new album later this year.

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Every Wednesday I share five things I've liked and think you might like too. Here are this week’s Five Things…

1. An interesting interview with the cartoonist and musician James Kochalka on being creative. Here's the video and my takeaways from watching it.

2. As well as being tiny, some viruses are rather scary looking!

3. Another fascinating episode of the After-On podcast where Rob Reid interviews George Church. They talk about DNA sequencing and editing, clean meat, anti-ageing research and much more.

4. Derek Sivers on goals: Detailed dreams blind you to new means

5. A magical musical moment from the Rock School I'm running this week. We get to work with some fantastic kids, so inspiring!

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