Psychology

16 of the best links from 2024

Hot in the middle of List Season, here are some of my favorite links from this year’s weekly 3 Simple Things email. Each Tuesday I send out something from me, something from somewhere else (these links), and an idea/quote/statistic. In case you missed this year’s batch, check out 16 of my favorites from 2024.

December 16, 2024

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4 mini-stories about numbers, baseball, solar, and more

As we wrap up the year during list season, it’s time again to clear my notebook of a few stories that I found interesting, but never had the chance to develop into bigger ideas. Here's some stuff about baseball uniforms, Apple Vision Pro, and energy abundance.

December 9, 2024

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Temporal landmarks: Why milestones matter

Birthdays matter. Along with new years, new months, holidays, and even Mondays, these dates are known as “temporal landmarks,” days that help us portion out and mark the passage of time. And they hold a little bit of psychological magic.

October 7, 2024

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What makes a destination look appealing? People, sorta.

We’ve hit the point in the summer where, if you open Instagram, it feels like everybody is on vacation. This couple is in Greece. That old classmate is in Japan. All these photos are beautiful. They all make me want to go everywhere. But as it turns out, the science tells us that some of these photos are more persuasive than others.

August 20, 2024

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Are you laying bricks or building a cathedral?

One day long ago, an architect visited the worksite of his project and saw three bricklayers busy at work. He asked each of them what they were doing. The first worker brusquely replied, “I’m working. I’m laying bricks.”The second cooly answered, “I’m building a wall.” The architect then turned to the last bricklayer, who was the most productive of the bunch.

August 5, 2024

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Ben Guttmann