Matt Alldian

Expert tips to achieve your 2024 goals, plus journal prompts, goal-setting strategies, and time management techniques. via LifeHack

Dutch economist Jan Pen pictured economic inequality by imagining a parade of people ordered by income, where height corresponds to earnings — it would take nearly 45 minutes for a person of average height to appear.

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Tyler Cowen's article, "The Inequality That Matters," focuses on income inequality within the United States.

via Longform.

Runloop is a jQuery plugin for creating complex animations with custom keyframes and code execution. via GitHub

Artist Xavier Antin's "Just in Time" project uses four printing techniques—dating from 1880 to 1976—to create full-color books, and you can see it in action in the image at the link. via kottke.org

A TSA agent bribed a JetBlue ticket agent to check a suitcase under a random passenger's name. Bruce Schneier's blog post briefly discusses the security implications of this event.

The Milwaukee Art Museum and Carnegie Museum of Art are wagering famous paintings on the outcome of the Super Bowl. via kottke.org

Robin Hanson argues that the 2000s were the best decade in history due to substantial global poverty reduction, but commenters disagree. via Overcoming Bias

Security expert Bruce Schneier highlights the widespread issue of unsecured IP security cameras accessible on the internet, many of which can be viewed and reprogrammed by anyone who finds them. The post links to resources for searching for such cameras online, noting this has been a known problem for years but remains prevalent. via Schneier on Security

In 2010, there were more concerning statistics about US military suicides than combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

The Onion jokingly suggests that the "Gap Between Rich and Poor" is the Eighth Wonder of the World, a monument built by slaves and serfs. via kottke.org

Brain emulation is feasible because brains decouple signal dimensions, similar to artificial ears and eyes, argues Robin Hanson, while Tim Lee disagrees, citing the complexity of systems like protein folding. via Overcoming Bias.