The most common noun in the English language…
2022-12-23
is “time” according to Dr. Dean Buonomano on the Ezra Klein podcast.
Relatedly, Wikipedia’s list of sundial mottos will leave you with something to think about.
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Frohes Lichterschwimmen
2022-12-23
Das Lichterschwimmen via 8008-mb.ch
A wonderful Zürich tradition that I just learned about this year: the Lichterschwimmen where students float lanterns down the Limmat through the center of the city. Some how we missed this while we lived there! I’ll have to go back and see it.
Elevator operators gone extinct
2022-12-22
Just one of the 270 jobs in the 1950 census has been eliminated by automation... elevator operator.
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) December 20, 2022
Other jobs that were expected to be automated by tech, like bank tellers by ATMs, just shifted the nature of the job. Hopefully, AI follows this pattern. https://t.co/F7dGbApCyH pic.twitter.com/Ck5b0ae3eO
Parenting culture in the United States
2022-12-21
The average college educated mother in the United States spends ~2 hours a day with her children. Amazingly, this is a 100% increase from 1965.
From the Economist via Sarah Constantin