Risks of Dying, Personal CO2 Footprint, Being Generous and Lifting Cruise Ships
I hope you're having a great week! It's a short one this week, as I work on building out a few articles to come on biases and mental models which I hope you'll enjoy. More to come next week.
In the meantime, here's some cool stuff I've found this week!
Articles I'm Reading:
- The Risk of Dying Doing What We Love - Clemens - Data-driven look at the risks of various activities. Though everything is standardized on a per-time basis, don't forget to consider the average duration of activities in calculations. For example, you often ride a motorcycle for extended periods; the same can't be said of base jumping or scuba diving.
- What reduces our personal CO2 footprint? We have no clue! - Frank Bilstein - Another data-driven piece on the difference between what people in Germany and USA perceive improves their environmental impact versus what actually does. Lots to improve here.
- Life is Short - Paul Graham - A classic, short essay that quantifies how short life really is in discrete numbers.
- 50 ways to be ridiculously generous — and feel ridiculously good. - Alexandra Franzen - Generosity and giving makes us feel good - why don't we do it more regularly? Here are some ideas to help you integrate it more in your life.
- Video: Heavy Lift Ship Raises Carnival Vista Out of the Water - A very cool time-lapse video of the largest heavy lift ship in the world lifting a cruise ship out of the water.
Service I Just Started Using:Lufa Farms Grocery Delivery
This specific company will only be relevant for Quebec residents, but the concept is universal. This is grocery delivery from local farms, with sustainable packaging that is returned.
Grocery/food delivery is here to stay, but the wasteful packaging has made me uncomfortable and unwilling to use it previously. This is a great solution that both supports local producers and eliminates the waste, and I hope more services like this one find traction elsewhere.
Unfortunately, I got my first delivery last week and the veggies are still separated into biodegradable plastic bags. I personally don't think biodegradable bags are a solution, as we've seen unforeseeable consequences like microplastics before. We'll see whether this is specific to some products, otherwise, I may have to stop.
Have a great week!
Graham
