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FlowingData launched a new chart type browsing feature with tutorials and examples. via FlowingData

Seth Godin discusses the differences between professionals, hacks, and amateurs in their work approach.

via @ThisIsSethsBlog

Google's consumer insights team explores the complex "messy middle" of purchase decisions between trigger and purchase, identifying six cognitive biases – like social proof and scarcity bias – that significantly impact consumer preference.

via Think with Google.

Cool Tools recommends Newsletter Stack for finding newsletters, the EyeQue Personal Vision Tracker for at-home vision checks, and Beyond Burgers as a plant-based burger option. via Cool Tools

Scientists David Krakauer and Geoffrey West posit in this Nautilus article that the COVID-19 pandemic is a "complexity crisis" with cascading failures across human and economic systems.

Eater Boston recommends six Massachusetts seafood businesses that offer oyster delivery. via Eater Boston