In 1983, a BBC interviewer asked Richard Feynman why two magnets push each other apart — and he refused to answer it. What he did instead is the best seven minutes on thinking ever filmed. Bookmark & watch today, no matter what.

Airbnb is introducing a new policy prohibiting hosts from asking guests to strip beds, wash and put away dishes or take trash offsite, as well as imposing their own fines on guests. The policy applies to reservations booked on or after November 20.

new reruns of "Succession" on HBO so that one can revisit at random; having seen some episodes two or three times I am all the more impressed with the dramatic tightness of those riveting scenes, the almost palpable anxiety of Logan Roy's children vying for his (cruel, fickle, non-existent) affection. like "The Sopranos" the series was, in part, an examination of how an American father cannot expect to pass on his (ethically / legally shady) business to his children because they are just not smart enough, or criminal enough, or monstrous enough to take his place.

The best career advice for young people is to just focus relentlessly on 3 things: 1. Get skilled. Technical skills, writing skills, people-orchestration skills, everything. 2. Get involved contributing to a mission you're aligned with. It doesn't have to be pure bliss and your contribution doesn't have to match your top strengths exactly. But at the end of the day you have to feel some pride in what you did or what you learned. If you can find something like that while becoming skilled in a number of different ways then you'll find ways to increasingly wrap your skill profile around it (and you'll find/develop strengths in your skill profile that you never expected). 3. Pick up momentum. If you do (1) and (2) right then you've got direction and potential and all that's left is to sprint forwards and achieve it. The more momentum you pick up, the better you get, the more real value you produce, the more opportunities you create, the more you get noticed, the more value you capture into your own life, the more effort you want to put in... you create a virtuous cycle with so much momentum behind it that it becomes an unstoppable virtuous cyclone.