This week’s Five Things…

1. Fact: Octopuses are amazing. Evidence: My Octopus Teacher

2. I just finished reading The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova. A great book exploring poker, luck and psychology.

3. The Pessimists Archive podcast is always interesting, this episode on election hacking was no exception.

4. A handy infographic to alert you to the many tricks retailers use to encourage you to buy things.

5. An amazing image of Orion constructed of many, many photos taken over many years. He's an explanation of the project worked.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. An interesting conversation with philosopher and author Agnes Callard on "the challenge of aspiration — who we are versus who we would like to become"

2. And another equally interesting conversation with another philosopher and author, Michael Sandel, on Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd's podcast, Reasons To Be Cheerful.

3. What on earth would we all do without our morning coffees?!

4. Scammers are coming up with some cunning ways of stealing your money. Definitely worth having a read of this.

5. This is clever. One drum beat performed in four parts.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Boxing bag drumming is a thing and this guy is very good at it.

2. Oliver Burkeman's final column. The secrets to a "fairly" fulfilled life.

3. Demi Adejuyigbe remembers and celebrates another 21st September.

4. I'm in the market for a 1760s tea pot exactly like this one.

5. A great collection of photos. Tough to pick a favourite, but the smiling fish is tough to beat.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. Think you know what emotions are? Think again!

2. I really enjoyed reading Christoph Niemann's new book Pianoforte. The illustrations are great.

3. A fascinating and important episode of the You Are Not So Smart on masks and the psychological reasons why some people have become so opposed to them.

4. This was a terribly sad yet inspiring thing to read. Life can be so unfair.

5. Lindsey Buckingham doing what Lindsey Buckingham does best. I love these isolated vocal tracks from iconic recordings.

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This week’s Five Things…

1. That's the tastiest synthesizer I've ever seen.

2. The science behind rhythm and timing. If you think you have no rhythm, there is hope! According to the article "only 2-3% of the population are 'beat deaf'" and timing can improve with practice.

3. I would have loved to have taken a bike-bus to school. What a great idea.

4. I really enjoyed this episode of the Econ Talk podcast with Margaret Heffernan on her book Unchartered. They covered many topics including: dealing with uncertainty, memory and why people (and businesses) should experiment more.

5. I'm not very good at smiling for photos so I totally relate to this!

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