Take Back the Day
May 5, 2013
Lists
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Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle explore the world of lists and how to use them to get shit done. Along the way they also explore medical science, movies made with atoms, cloud presentations and other stuff.
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Jul 29, 2021
Garbage
What gives things value, and how much should we be worried about that? Sam and Simon discover that everything is rubbish, and along the way mention:
Veblen goods (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good)
A lot of garbage things that don't deserve extra attention here
Cryptotrunks (https://cryptotrunks.co/)
Cryptokitties (https://www.cryptokitties.co/)
Sir Digby (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1uZAJh47f/)
Vaccines: A Measured Response (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BIcAZxFfrc)
Google Keep (https://keep.google.com/)
Semiphemeral (https://semiphemeral.com/)
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Bo Burnam
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May 13, 2021
Together
Prolific heat-thieves Sam and Simon talk about keeping shit together on this sixtieth episode of Take Back the Day. Things mentioned in this episode:
Radiolab's Kleptotherms podcast. (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/kleptotherms)
The Overstory by Richard Powers. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40180098-the-overstory)
Sam's crazy productivity system (https://www.likeafuckinggrownup.com/productivity-isnt-doing-all-the-things/) (subscribe to her newsletter too).
Simon's silly ZARP website (https://www.zarp.cash/).
Survive the Century (https://survivethecentury.net/) climate-change game.
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53968436-the-secret-to-superhuman-strength).
Moss (https://moss.earth/en/home/) and their crypto carbon credits.
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Mar 5, 2021
Cycles
When do we self-sabotage? How do we break out of cycles? Can we form new habits? Why did Sam choose to move to a frigid, muddy island off the coast of Europe? We ponder all these questions and more in this episode of Take Back the Day, and along the way we mention:
Steven Pressfield and the War of Art (https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/).
Mr. Ferriss (https://tim.blog).
BF Skinner and his superstitious pigeons (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bf-skinner-the-man-who-taught-pigeons-to-play-ping-pong-and-rats-to-pull-levers-5363946/).
Atomic Habits by James Clear (https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits).
Ira Glass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass).
How to With John Wilson (https://www.hbo.com/how-to-with-john-wilson).
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/entangled-life).
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