Worth Sharing

Worth Sharing #8: Recipes, Stories, and Cabinet Curiosities

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Klinta of Ecotarian Eats specialises in vegan recipes, baking experiments, and transparent process-sharing, engaging both “home-cooks” and discerning palates (Michelin chefs!). Her blind-taste videos are absolutely something else in terms of detail, honesty, respect, trials and errors as she compares different recipes across taste, texture, method, ingredients, price, and “crowd-pleaser” potential. Take, for example, her video of Michelin chefs’ blind tasting of vegan chocolate chip cookies: with the Pick Up Limes recipe as a winner So, yes, Pick Up Limes cookie really is a …

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Worth Sharing #7: Feel Good Stories about Everyday Extraordinary

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Sometimes, it is the quirky, the overlooked, or the downright difficult that brings us a smile or a thought. Sometimes, we need moments like these, an array of stories, not neatly correlated but a jump from one thought to another, to wander and wonder. Born in 1875 in Arles, France, Jeanne Calment witnessed the turning of two centuries and the transformations they brought with them. At the age of 90, Jeanne entered into a contract with 47-year-old lawyer André-François Raffray, who agreed to pay …

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Worth Sharing #6: Sketches, History, and Creative Constraints

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Sketchplanations Sketchplanations is an ever-growing collection of illustrations that explain complex topics through easy, one-panel sketches. When I first discovered it, I spent hours devouring bite-sized explanations on various subjects, from science and behavioral economics to psychology frameworks and business models with detours to domestic life hacks. Some that stood out for me are VUCA, the Hotel Drying Technique, Hara Hachi Bu, Collective Effervescence, The Automation Paradox, Tsundoku, Kaffikok, Detecting Prostate Cancer or Problem-solving. Especially good to browse on a lazy Sunday afternoon. r/AskHistorians Another resource …

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Worth Sharing #5: Procrastination, Generalization vs. Specialization, Ingenious Living and More

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EconTalk Podcast EconTalk is a fantastic free podcast hosted by Russ Roberts that explores various topics related to economics, philosophy, and current events. The episodes are designed to make complex ideas easy to understand and provide diverse perspectives. I like to listen to episodes during the week, and then on Saturday mornings, I review the attached long-form articles, take notes from the audio transcripts, and go over recommended sources. For instance, this week’s article was an interview with David Epstein, author of Range: Why …

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Worth Sharing #4: A Small Collection of Feminist Perspectives

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This article is a curated collection of quotes from various perspectives regarding women’s discrimination and the resilience of those who have tried to dismantle systemic biases. This compilation is highly personal, and I hope the following voices will resonate with you, too. Historical Underrepresentation The French philosopher Gilles Ménage, from the XVII-th century, found references to sixty-five women philosophers in ancient texts and works by the fathers of the Church. However, modern philosophy encyclopedias, apart from Hypatia (a renowned mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer who lived in Alexandria, …

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Worth Sharing #3: End of the Year Favourites (2022)

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It’s that time of the year to look back and review all the things that made my life easier and more pleasant. None of the links below is a referral; I will update this note if I change the links to referrals. As this year was devastating with the war in Ukraine and protests in Iran, I don’t feel in the mental position to share more than the books I enjoyed this year.  Some of the books I liked had a dedicated article on …

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Worth Sharing #2: End of the Year Favourites (2021)

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Some of the articles I most enjoy reading are the recommendation articles from the people I follow. So I thought to share my better discoveries of 2021. This article is not sponsored, and there are no affiliate links as I only want to recommend things that I found valuable over this year.  Books  There were quite a few books I marked with four or five stars on my Goodreads profile, but I want to talk in particular about three of them as they made …

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Worth Sharing #1: End of the Year Favorites (2020)

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Oh 2020, what a year, what a year… In this article, I collected the stories that marked me this year. Non-fiction books, in random order: Fiction Articles Videos Podcasts I would like to conclude with a quote from Good Economics for Hard Times: “Defining people by their problems is turning circumstance into essence. It denies hope.” And maybe hope can rise like seeds from the ashes of this year.