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S2The incredible powers of transcendental thinking, explained by a neuroscientistAre our current school systems stifling learning that matters? Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a professor of education, psychology, and neuroscience at the University of Southern California, says yes.
According to Immordino-Yang, our education system focuses too much on memorizing facts and procedures, neglecting autobiographical memory—the personal story we tell ourselves about who we are and what we stand for. This type of memory is crucial for growth, development, and well-being.
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S3Debunking 4 popular myths about intermittent fastingFad diets come and go, but one appears to have staying power: intermittent fasting. Roughly one in 10 Americans were estimated to have practiced it in 2023. Interest in the eating strategy, as indicated by Google searches, picked up in 2011 and has remained elevated since. One could say that intermittent fasting is no longer a fad — it’s simply a diet.
The eating strategy’s enduring popularity can likely be attributed to a key distinction: It doesn’t tell you what to eat but merely when to eat. There are no pricey supplements, bland meals, complicated recipes, or maddening dietary restrictions. You simply eat what you want at certain times, and at other times, you don’t eat at all. It’s clean, simple, and effective.
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S4Effective altruism is stumbling. Can "moral ambition" replace it?In 1785, a 25-year-old student at Cambridge University named Thomas Clarkson participated in a Latin essay competition about the immorality of slavery. Raised in a sheltered, upper-class environment, Clarkson knew little of the practice at the foundation of the British Empire’s wealth and power. But the more he read about the inhumanity African slaves endured both during and after their passage to the Americas, the more it affected him. Channeling his outrage into his writing, Clarkson ended up winning the competition, a victory which in retrospect marked the beginning of his lifelong career as an abolitionist.
According to Dutch journalist and best-selling author Rutger Bregman, Clarkson represents something we are sorely missing in today’s world: a willingness among young people to use their talent and ambition for the common good instead of personal profit and status. While some fall down social media rabbit holes about dropshipping, lured by the promise of getting rich quickly without making a meaningful contribution to society, others slave away in designer-furnished offices, working jobs that, though hard-earned and well-compensated, lack a clear meaning and purpose.
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S5The 6 Disciplines Companies Need to Get the Most Out of Gen AISome observers are beginning to question whether gen AI will produce enough value to exceed its costs. It can, but extracting economic value from gen AI requires several different types of disciplined capabilities. Unfortunately, most companies lack these. The good news is they can develop them. Specifically, companies should invest in behavioral change, controlled experimentation, measurement of business value, data management, human capital development, and systems thinking. Once these capabilities are in place, companies should focus on picking the right projects for gen AI. They should do this by 1) funding the responsible rebels, 2) choosing projects that are quick, practical wins, and 3) linking those projects to the company’s identity.
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S6For Better Negotiations, Cut "But" from Your VocabularyIt’s hard to think of a word that triggers more reactivity and drains more trust from conversation than “but.” Notice how often you hear it (and say it) when you’re negotiating or arguing. Notice how this one word changes the temperature and tone in the moment. To prevent the damage that “but” inflicts, the author offers three hacks: 1) Focus on what’s said before “but,” 2) Replace “but” with curiosity, and 3) Stop before the “but.” Each of these moves requires courage, patience, and practice — and the return on investment is impressive.
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S7The Innovator's Question: What Would Fosbury Do?When 16-year-old Dick Fosbury first attempted the high jump in high school track-and-field, he couldn’t even qualify for his meets. With a bad back, bad feet, and an easily worn-out body, Dick was hardly champion material. He also had a terrible habit of jumping and landing the wrong way, to the dismay of his coaches and probably his mother.
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S8It's OK If Going to a Conference Doesn't Feel Like Real WorkWhen I was just starting my career, going to conferences seemed like a terrific perk. They were usually held in fun destinations and it was exciting to be mingling with smart thought leaders. But I quickly learned that attendance also came with an unspoken price tag. Not only was I missing whatever work was required of me back at the home office—work that I had to figure out how to get done either while I was on the road or once I got back—I also felt a burden to prove that it was worthwhile to send me to the conference in the first place. That the airfare, hotel room, and cab rides were money well spent.
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S9Expose Your Company's Blind SpotsIs your company unintentionally keeping your most senior people from getting the feedback they most need? It can easily happen as an unintended consequence of success. Consider these situations: Senior executives at car companies drive only the newest models: For decades, the top executives at America’s leading automobile manufacturers always drove models fresh from the factory. Not only that, but these cars were washed, maintained, and looked after by in-company employees. They never experienced quality breakdowns as the cars aged, rust problems, or issues with scheduling service calls at a snarly auto shop. Imagine their surprise at hearing people complain about problems that they don’t even know or think about!
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S10S11Recent Grads Are Drowning in Uncertainty. Here's How to Stay Afloat.There are nearly fifty million twentysomethings in the United States, most of whom are living with a staggering, unprecedented amount of uncertainty. And now, millions of new would-be workers have graduated, without the pomp and circumstance, into a global pandemic and likely recession. Research shows that, rather than long for certainties that do not exist, the best way to adapt to uncertainty is to change how we think about it — and to find a way to keep moving. If you’re feeling stuck, you should try to avoid mental time-travel, build identity capital, resist reassurance, forget regret, and build healthy habits.
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S12What Makes the Best Infographics So ConvincingA great infographic is an instant revelation. It can compress time and space. (Good gosh – Usain Bolt is that much faster than all the other 100-meter gold medalists who’ve ever competed?) It can illuminate patterns in massive amounts of data. (Sure, we’re spending much more on health care and education than our grandparents did. But look how much less on housing.) It can make the abstract convincingly concrete. (Which player was ESPN’s SportsCenter most discussed during the 2012 football season? Tim Tebow — and by a colossal margin. Seriously?)
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S13Why Business School is a Great Time to NetworkBusiness school is more than a time to acquire skills for your desired job; it’s also a chance to build a strong professional network to build your career. Research shows that those with stronger networks have higher salaries and more promotions throughout their career. Rather than a selfish pursuit, networking is about building meaningful relationships with those who can help you achieve your career goals. Business school is filled with many opportunities to meet people who would be willing to help you, including professors, peers, and alumni. This tips will help you strengthen your approach networking approach.
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S14Giving a High Performer Productive FeedbackGiving feedback, particularly constructive feedback, is often a stressful task. As counterintuitive as it may seem, giving feedback to a top performer can be even tougher. Top performers may not have obvious development needs and in identifying those needs, you can sometimes feel like you’re being nitpicky or over-demanding. In addition, top performers may not be used to hearing constructive feedback and may rankle at the slightest hint that they’re not perfect.
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S15How Much Truth Should You Share?Comments for this Make Your Case installment are now closed. Thanks to all who participated. This week’s guest commentator, Marshall Goldsmith, has posted his response to your comments and shared some thoughts of his own below. The opening to your cube is darkened by the familiar figure of a longtime colleague. Though you’re his immediate […]
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S16Nothing's CMF Devices Prove Yet Again Cheap Doesn't Have to Mean BoringBudget gadgets are usually stuck with drab designs and lackluster specs, a challenge Nothing's sub-brand CMF has decided to take on. The relatively new offshoot from Nothing focuses on the extreme lower end of the market and has until now sold a smartwatch, wireless earbuds, and chargers. Today marks its first smartphone, the CMF Phone 1, becoming available in the US through a beta program. It's accompanied by unique accessories, plus the new Buds Pro 2 and Watch Pro 2.
What's most remarkable about these devices is the price. I have tested cheap and flagship smartphones for nearly a decade, and after setting up the CMF Phone 1, I was pretty surprised to hear it costs just $199âÂÂit looks, feels, and performs nearly twice the price. The Watch Pro 2, an equally well-built smartwatch, will set you back just $69, and the Buds Pro 2 are $59. Better yet, they're not just cheap devices. There's plenty of character in their designs that make you want to use them.
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S17AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe DreamThe day is slowly turning into night, and the American special operators are growing concerned. They are deployed to a densely populated urban center in a politically volatile region, and local activity has grown increasingly frenetic in recent days, the roads and markets overflowing with more than the normal bustle of city life. Intelligence suggests the threat level in the city is high, but the specifics are vague, and the team needs to maintain a low profileâa firefight could bring known hostile elements down upon them. To assess potential threats, the Americans decide to take a more cautious approach. Eschewing conspicuous tactical gear in favor of blending in with potential crowds, an operator steps out into the neighborhood's main thoroughfare to see what he can see.
With a click of a button, the operator sees ⦠everything. A complex suite of sensors affixed to his head-up display start vacuuming up information from the world around him. Body language, heart rates, facial expressions, and even ambient snatches of conversation in local dialects are rapidly collected and routed through his backpack supercomputers for processing with the help of an onboard artificial intelligence engine. The information is instantly analyzed, streamlined, and regurgitated back into the head-up display. The assessment from the operatorsâ tactical AI sidekick comes back clear: There are a series of seasonal events coming into town, and most passersby are excited and exuberant, presenting a minimal threat to the team. Crisis avertedâfor now.
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S18Google's Nonconsensual Explicit Images Problem Is Getting WorseIn early 2022, two Google policy staffers met with a trio of women victimized by a scam that resulted in explicit videos of them circulating onlineâÂÂincluding via Google search results. The women were among the hundreds of young adults who responded to ads seeking swimsuit models only to be coerced into performing in sex videos distributed by the website GirlsDoPorn. The site shut down in 2020, and a producer, a bookkeeper, and a cameraman subsequently pleaded guilty to sex trafficking, but the videos kept popping up on Google search faster than the women could request removals.
The women, joined by an attorney and a security expert, presented a bounty of ideas for how Google could keep the criminal and demeaning clips better hidden, according to five people who attended or were briefed on the virtual meeting. They wanted Google search to ban websites devoted to GirlsDoPorn and videos with its watermark. They suggested Google could borrow the 25-terabyte hard drive on which the womenâÂÂs cybersecurity consultant, Charles DeBarber, had saved every GirlsDoPorn episode, take a mathematical fingerprint, or âÂÂhash,â of each clip, and block them from ever reappearing in search results.
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S19His Galaxy Wolf Art Kept Getting Ripped Off. So He Sued--and Bought a HomeIt took Berlin artist Jonas Jödicke only a few hours to create the artwork that would change his life. He didnâÂÂt know it then, of course. He didnâÂÂt even know whether he wanted to post it online. âÂÂIt was really just a test,â Jödicke says. It was a painting, made in Photoshop, of a wolfâÂÂs head crowned in stars, with one side the shade of the summer sky at dusk and the other pale blue, the kind of thing youâÂÂd see on a fantasy-loving goth kidâÂÂs T-shirt. âÂÂI just wanted to put my own spin on [the trend].âÂÂ
There were galaxy wolves before JödickeâÂÂs, but if you were online in the mid-2010s, Where Light and Dark Meet is the one you remember. People printed it on hoodies, sold it on mugs, pencil cases, even toilet seats. His sisterâÂÂs partner found it hanging over his bed in a German hotel room, Jödicke says. âÂÂAnother friend of mine went to Vietnam and in a hotel lobby one of my artworks was on the wallâÂÂlike, really big on the wall!âÂÂ
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S20Why the Run-Up to Prime Day is the Worst Time To Shop on AmazonAs product experts, a large part of our job here at WIRED is to help you get the best products at the best prices. That includes helping you find great deals during massive sales events like Black Friday and, of course, Amazon Prime Day. If you're looking to get the best price on that gadget that's been sitting on your cart for months, it's important to know when to pull the triggerâand when not to. Other than a handful of good early Prime Day deals, now is almost certainly the time to hold your fire.
Amazon, Walmart, and other major retailers tend to jack up pricing on all sorts of products that have long since sunk below their manufacturerâs suggested retail price ahead of a major sale. That way once you see it on the big day it looks like a really great dealâeven when it would have been impossible to buy the product at the inflated price displayed even if you had tried. This isn't a new phenomenon, and it's not limited to online sellers. A Harvard business professor wrote a paper about the phenomenon in 2018. There have been unsuccessful class action suits against classic brick-and-mortar retailers like Kohlâs and JCPenney over the practice.
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S21DJI Mic 2 Review: A Powerful Lav ReplacementIf you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED
Anyone who has shot video outside can attest that getting decent audio is a huge challenge. Every passing car and gust of wind can ruin whatever youâre trying to record. That's what makes portable clip mics like the new DJI Mic 2 so appealing. The previous wireless mic solution from DJI was already one of the most convenient ways to record audio on the go, and the latest version improves on it in almost every way.
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S22S23The Far Right Is Already Demonizing Kamala HarrisFar-right communities online are already demonizing Vice President Kamala Harris after speculation that she may replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee in the US election.
But rather than focusing on her policies, experience, or ability to do the job, the vicious attacks have focused instead on her sex life, her race, and rethreading old conspiracies about her eligibility to be president.
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S24Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in Frequency and Intensity in the Past 20 YearsIt feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire. Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned simultaneously in Greece. In early 2024, Chile suffered its worst wildfire season in history, with more than 130 people killed. Last year, Canadaâs record-breaking wildfires burned from March to November, and in August, flames devastated the island of Maui, in Hawaii. And the list goes on and on.
Watching the news, it certainly feels like catastrophic extreme wildfires are happening more often, and unfortunately this feeling has now been confirmed as correct. A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows that the number and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth have doubled over the past two decades.
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S25S26Are Corporate Human Rights Practices Up to Par?The Zicklin Bright Index evaluated 150 corporations and their human rights practices in 2023, revealing key challenges that are hindering progress.
In May, a U.S. Senate committee revealed that vehicles made by BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen contained parts from suppliers banned in the U.S. for employing forced Uyghur labor in China. “Automakers’ self-policing is clearly not doing the job,” said Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.
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S27How farmworkers are fighting extreme heatFarm labor is hot, backbreaking and dangerous work. To protect workers from extreme heat and workplace exploitation, farmworker Gerardo Reyes Chávez has teamed up with farm manager Jon Esformes for a unique partnership. Learn how their collaborative model is keeping farmworkers safe and creating a blueprint for more modern, humane working conditions for the world's laborers.Continued here
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S28Lessons from my father's final days"Life is an endless sushi conveyor belt of things that are going to test you and teach you at the same time," says writer Laurel Braitman. Exploring the relationship between bravery and fear, she shares hard-won wisdom on love, loss, self-forgiveness and how to embrace the full spectrum of human emotions.Continued here
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S29Brad Pitt stages a Formula One racing comeback in first teaser for F1Can a washed-up Formula One driver come out of retirement to mentor a young rookie into a champion? That's the basic premise for F1, a forthcoming film starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy, Top Gun: Maverick). Warner Bros. dropped the first teaser for the film yesterday, right before the 2024 British Grand Prix.
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S30Here's NASCAR's idea for a fully electric stock carThis past weekend was a busy one on the racing calendar. Over in the UK, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone was yet more evidence that Red Bull no longer has the fastest car in F1. In Ohio, IndyCar had a mostly successful introduction of its new supercapacitor-based hybrid system. And a couple of Great Lakes over, NASCAR held its second street race in Chicago, choosing that event to also show off its prototype of a fully electric stock car.
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S31S32S33S34S35"Immensely disappointing": Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakersIn 2019, Nike got closer than ever to its dreams of popularizing self-tying sneakers by releasing the Adapt BB. Using Bluetooth, the sneakers paired to the Adapt app that let users do things like tighten or loosen the shoes' laces and control its LED lights. However, Nike has announced that it's "retiring" the app on August 6, when it will no longer be downloadable from Apple's App Store or the Google Play Store; nor will it be updated.
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S36S37Kathryn Hahn is ready to walk the Witch's Road in Agatha All Along trailerThe true identity of nosy next-door neighbor Agatha—played to perfection by Kathryn Hahn—was the big reveal of 2021's WandaVision, even inspiring a meta-jingle that went viral. Now Hahn is bringing the character back for her own standalone adventure with Agatha All Along. Based on the first trailer, it looks like a lot of dark, spooky fun, just in time for the Halloween season. The nine-episode series is one of the TV series in the MCU's Phase Five, coming on the heels of Secret Invasion, Loki S2, What If...? S2, and Echo.
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S38S39Now Keir Starmer Has to Decide If He'd Use NukesBecoming the British prime minister means giving top-secret ordersâimmediatelyâthat could determine the fate of the world.Following a landslide victory for the Labour Party, Britain has a new leader. The moment Keir Starmer is officially made prime minister of the United Kingdom, he will be given a flurry of briefings, piles of documents, and the urgent business to run the country. Lurking among those papers is a moral land mine.
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S40A Happiness Expert's Frank Advice for Joe BidenThis is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Arthur C. Brooks, an expert on leadership and happiness, discusses the trap of staying on too long.
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S41Joe Biden Doesn't Understand the Post-debate RealityThe president told George Stephanopoulos that heâd drop out only if âthe Lord Almightyâ directed him to do so.No interview could reverse the damage that Joe Biden did to his campaign in the first presidential debate, but his conversation with George Stephanopoulos tonight showed that the president doesnât even understand how profound the damage is.
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S42Nothing Good Would Come of an Israeli War in LebanonLast week, former Israeli Minister and retired General Benny Gantz said that Israel could destroy Hezbollahâs military in a matter of days. But if such a thing could be done, Israel would have already done it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu similarly promised âtotal victoryâ against Hamas after October 7.These declarations are dangerous bluster. Not only do they ultimately portend devastation, for Lebanon as for Gaza, but the military goals they suggest are maximalist and largely unattainable. Israel tends to underestimate the militias itâs fighting and to take a hammer to a problem that a hammer has never fixed.
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S43Jill Biden's Momentous ChoiceFirst ladies have unique influence over their husbandâs decision to embark on a presidential campaign, and over the presidency itself.This weekend, first lady Jill Biden has a momentous choice to make. Does she encourage her husband to overlook his personal well-being, recover from last weekâs debate debacle, and keep up the campaign until November? Or does she persuade him to step aside, and yield the nomination to someone else?
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S44What the Supreme Court's Trump-Immunity Ruling Means for 2024â[The Courtâs] own power is also enhanced by the fact that it will be judges deciding what are official or unofficial acts.âThe Supreme Court made history this week by issuing a landmark ruling that dramatically expands the power of the presidency and helps protect Donald Trump from criminal prosecution.
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S45The Millennial Cringe of Taylor SwiftâThat is Mother,â said Eswyn Chen, a doctoral student in atmospheric science, gesturing at a life-size cutout of Taylor Swift. The audienceâseveral dozen academics, students, and fans in a lecture hall, plus meânodded in approval.And then she launched into her version of Swiftâs âCardigan,â rewritten so the lyrics were no longer about the reenergizing nature of a romantic relationship, but instead about âcontourf functionsâ and the âeddy-feedback parameter.â
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S46Eight Absorbing Reads for Independence Day WeekendThis is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Our editors compiled a list of eight absorbing reads for your Independence Day weekend. Spend time with stories about a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the search for Americaâs Atlantis, why Americans canât access some of the worldâs best sunscreens, and more.
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S47U.S. Allies Are Already Worried About Another Round of TrumpWhat should Americaâs allies do if the leader of the free world doesnât care about the free world or want to lead it?Most of Americaâs allies would like Joe Biden to win the U.S. presidential election in November. He has been a fine president. His foreign-policy team is first-class. But what if Donald Trump should win instead? In the aftermath of Bidenâs poor debate performance, the anxieties in allied capitals are spiraling.
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S48The Fifth Circuit Won by LosingThe court is too radical to win even this Supreme Courtâs approval, but not too radical to influence it deeply.One of the surprising themes of the Supreme Courtâs term that effectively ended this past Monday was how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuitâthe federal appeals court in New Orleans that hears cases from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texasâwon even as it lost. Of the 11 appeals the justices heard from that court (itself an eye-popping total), the Fifth Circuit was reversed in eight of themâthe most reversals, for the second year in a row, of any court in the country from which the Supreme Court took appeals. And many of those reversals were in some of the termâs most ideologically charged cases, such as lawsuits seeking to block access to mifepristone on a nationwide basis, to invalidate the way Congress funds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (and a host of other agencies), and to bar the Biden administration from even talking with social-media companies about public-health-related mis- and disinformation.
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S49Eight Books That Will Change Your PerspectiveAn epiphany isnât always heralded by trumpets or bolts of lightning. I once had a flash of clarity while unlocking my bike: As if I had also unlocked my mind, I suddenly knew that I had to end the relationship I was in. It was one of those rare moments when you face a truth youâve been avoiding or see life from a new perspective. The resulting vision isnât always pretty (I started crying as soon as I got on my bike), but it sparkles with lucidity.Predicting what will snap you into awareness like this is hard, but one of the joys of reading is encountering someone elseâs awakening on the page. Their understanding may gather slowly over the course of the book, or the clouds may suddenly part. You may be one step ahead of a character and itching for them to catch up, or you may be stunned right along with them.
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S50Why That 'House of the Dragon' Death MattersIf only Princess Rhaenys had unleashed her dragon, Meleys, in the Season 1 finale of House of the Dragon. Back then, the Targaryen royal (played with a quiet gravitas by Eve Best) had the perfect opportunity to end a war before it began. But she left the throneâs usurpers unharmed, later explaining that such a conflict was not hers to start.As it turns out, it was hers to lose. In tonightâs episode of HBOâs prequel to Game of Thrones, Rhaenys finally attacked on behalf of her chosen ruler, Rhaenyra (Emma DâArcy), burning through many of the opposing troops until two more dragons appeared: Sunfyre, steered by King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney), and the imposing Vhagar, with Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) astride her back. As the first airborne combat in the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, itâs the kind of visual-effects-laden spectacle that many of the showâs fans have been waiting for, and it ended with Rhaenys deliberately commanding Meleys to reenter the fray despite their evident exhaustion. When Vhagar overpowers them, both dragon and rider plummet from the sky, Meleys crushing Rhaenys when they fall.
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