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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Somewhere or nowhere

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

1. I've watched this three or four times despite the fact it makes me feel a little on edge! Cyclist Danny MacAskill explores the roof tops of Gran Canaria on his bike. The behind the scenes videos are worth watching too. 
    
2. I'm pretending this isn't true — The Best Music for Productivity? Silence.
    
3. An excellent long read on A.I., machine learning and the team behind the new, much-improved Google Translate — The Great A.I. Awakening.
    
4. Despite the ominous title, this article is well worth reading! Alain de Botton is one of my favourite writers, I can't get his voice out of my head as I read his words — Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person.
    
5. Whoever wrote Iggy Pop and the Stooges' rider has a great sense of humour and way too much time on there hands. 

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Fly

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

1. A fascinating conversation with Pedro Domingos on artificial intelligence and machine learning. His thoughts on why white collar jobs are more threatened by AI than blue collar jobs are particularly interesting.
    
2. Derek Sivers on how to be useful to others [1m 22s]. Food for thought and a really cool animation.
    
3. More food for thought from Ryan Holiday — Tell me who you spend your time with, and I will tell you who you are. If you aren't familiar with Ryan's work check out his books Ego Is The Enemy and The Obstacle Is The Way. Both are excellent.
    
4. The greatest rock band on earth. 1000 musicians perform David Bowie's Rebel Rebel.
    
5. Finland has plans that will make it the first country in the world to get rid of all school subjects and move towards a model of studying events and topics in an interdisciplinary format. I'm so excited by this idea. It's crazy how little schooling has changed in the last 100+ years and time it's brought into the 21st century. Go Finland!

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Live well

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

1. The new series of Black Mirror on Netflix is excellent and quite sinister at times. It might just make you rethink how you use the internet and technology!
    
2. I really enjoyed Jon Ronson's new short book The Elephant In The Room. It's a quick read on the Trump campaign, conspiracy-theorist-extraordinaire Alex Jones and the alt-right. I'm a big fan of Jon Ronson's writing. If you haven't read The Psychopath Test already, I'd recommend that too.
    
3. Words of wisdom from Steve Jobs via (one of my favourite places on the internet) Brain Pickings. His thoughts on creativity and the cross-pollination of ideas are worth reflecting on.
    
4. "For as long as we've been keeping records, human beings have been on alert for the differences that divide us. Then we fixate on those differences, amplifying them, ascribing all sorts of irrelevant behaviors to them. Until, the next thing you know, we start referring to, 'those people.'" Differences by Seth Godin.
    
5. A fun perspective on AI and robotics. I particularly like the Robert Heinlein quote towards the end — What can people do better than machines? The view from 1951.

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Ipswich by night

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

1. You'll never hear sport in the same way again — The Sound of Sports.
    
2. A really cool interview with Barack Obama on AI, self-driving cars and the future of the world.
    
3. These two episodes of the podcast 'Criminal' are incredible. An insane (but true) story of fraud, family and pyschopathy. Episode 51: Money Tree | Episode 52: The Checklist
    
4. "It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World's Most Sampled Song" — The fascinating story of The Amen Break.
    
5. Everyone wants to be more productive... right? Read this article by Cal Newport (author of this great book) and thank me later.

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