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

1. Alex Honnold has moved on from mountains to climbing skyscrapers. How he maintains his cool whilst climbing so high without ropes is really incredible. Preparation is everything!

2. I love the idea of self-driving cars. A world where I don't need to own a car or drive myself is a world I'd love to live in! Sadly it sounds like I won't be living in that world any time soon. Solving all the problems to make self-driving cars a reality is really difficult. The latest episode of the Crazy/Genius podcast explores those problems.

3. Talking of cars... How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

4. Are you getting enough sleep?

5. Ah, so it is possible to have two songs sound similar and it not result in a lawsuit! — Why Prince Asked for Journey's Blessing Before Releasing 'Purple Rain'

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ps. From next week Five Things will be published on Tuesdays and not Wednesdays! So keep your eyes peeled next Tuesday! 👀

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

1. On the 3rd June, the rock climber Alex Honnold became the first person to climb El Capitan (3,000 ft!) without a rope. It's an insane and remarkable achievement, and surely one of the greatest human accomplishments of all time.
    
2. Not your average cover, Orkestra Obsolete perform New Order's Blue Monday using 1930s instruments.
    
3. Get 5% Better. A great read from the Farnam Street blog (one of my favourites) on the power of incremental progress — "[I]f I can get 5% wiser and better every year, then I will be about twice as wise as I am now in less than 15 years." 
    
4. Changing Time, a documentary on the legendary drummer Jojo Mayer and his band Nerve is currently streaming for free on Youtube. He's a fascinating and inspiring guy, and the documentary gives a good insight into what it takes to be a performer at his level. Recommended viewing for musicians and music fans.
    
5. This week's musical recommendation is Tame Impala's Let It Happen. It's in essence a pop song, but unlike the vast majority of pop songs, it clocks in at just under 8 minutes long! 

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