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The Sundy Collection is a short, curated list of what I’m learning, exploring and geeking out over. Feel free to forward this along to any friends that would enjoy the content.
News Snippets
Summary
Mattel is looking for a part-time "Chief Uno Player" to promote their new Uno game, Uno Quatro. The job is based in New York for four weeks and pays $4,444.44 a week.
US residents aged 18+ are eligible to apply on TikTok before the 10th August deadline. Responsibilities include playing the game for 4 hours a day and creating social media posts. The company hopes the campaign will be as successful as its Barbie movie campaign.
Beats I’m Deep Working to
X Thread I Bookmarked
Concept I’m Contemplating
Doco I’m Watching
Unknown: Cave of Bones (Netflix)
The Rising Star expedition recently announced the discovery of Homo naledi, a species of human thought to have ritualistically buried their dead and created engravings with "meaning-making" symbols. Evidence of fire use was also found in the cave system.
I only started watching this doco because it is based near where I grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. But, I got about 15 minutes in and was hooked. The story is fascinating and intriguing. Imagine a humanoid species hundreds of thousands of years ago that could have thought about the afterlife.
Podcast I’m Walking to
Chris Williamson’s Modern Wisdom is quickly becoming one of my weekly favourite pods. I love the way he interviews and asks questions. He is direct and informal, really smart and clearly does his research.
Sam Harris, is best known for his meditation and mindfulness podcast called Waking Up. He used to be prevalent on Twitter but recently quit all social medial If you haven’t read or listened to Sam I would be interested to hear your thoughts. He is unbelievably intelligent, a little long-winded and often polarising.
Chris does a great job touching on many different topics to get Sam’s intellectual opinion. The pod is long but spread it out over a few walks you’ll be glad you did.
Newsletter I’m Reading
What The Hell is Going on With Superconductors - Eric Jorgenson
Summary:
A lab in South Korea may have discovered one of the Holy Grails in modern science. This article discusses the potential implications of a recent breakthrough in room-temperature superconductors and the implications it could have for humanity.
Key takeaways:
Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize energy generation, transmission, storage, and transportation.
There is potential for advances in robotics, nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and brain-machine interfaces.
There is still uncertainty around the breakthrough and the potential applications of the technology.
Book Quote I’m Pondering
The process is about finishing. Finishing games. Finishing workouts. Finishing film sessions. Finishing drives. Finishing reps. Finishing plays. Finishing blocks. Finishing the smallest task you have right in front of you and finishing it well.
The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday
Closing With a Quote
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it”
Until next week friends,
Keep levelling up.
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