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

1. Netflix's documentary thriller Icarus (available on Netflix) is one of the most gripping documentaries I've seen. Filmmaker and cyclist Bryan Fogel set out to make a documentary on doping in cycling and ends up uncovering the biggest doping scandal of all time. I highly recommend you watch it!

2. Following on from Five Things #68, another mind blowing optical illusion!

3. You make solid, rational decisions... right? 20 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up Your Decisions

4. Brighten someone's day: Waves are free.

5. This week's music recommendation is Haunt by Rival Consoles. If you like it, check out his album Howl (it's one of my favourite albums).

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A running joke.

Here are the five things I thought were worth sharing this week: 

1. An interesting read on the benefits of silence — This Is Your Brain on Silence
    
2. Fantastic podcast by Invisibilia on how our frame of reference shapes how we perceive the world — "Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin interview a woman who gets a glimpse of what she's been missing all her life – and then loses it."
    
3. Are you a procrastinator? If yes, go check out Wait But Why's great series on procrastination. Do it now... Future You will thank Present You for it! Here's the first post.
    
4. This album by Rival Consoles was one of my favourite releases of 2015. I hadn't listened to it ages until yesterday!
    
5. One of my favourite musicians Ólafur Arnalds is doing this awesome project — "Over seven weeks, he's travelling to seven different locations in his native Iceland to record and release a series of new compositions. At every location he's collaborating with a local artist or group to create and perform a new song which is then released each Monday."

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