Podcasts
- Common Sense with Dan Carlin - A Recipe For Caesar
- The man who has been foretelling the demise of the American Political system before it was cool. Here is his most recent, depressingly accurate and non-partisan take on the state of US Politics.
- Freakonomics - America’s Hidden Duopoly
- A thorough look at the least competitive industry in the US, political parties. How the Republicans and Democrats have created a system that is entirely dominated by two private organizations, stemming the rules of competition that are usually espoused by American industry?
- Hidden Brain - Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy
- How to take a stoic apporach to life, concentrating on positive emotions, while lessening the hold negative emotions (like stress or anxiety) have on your life.
Book Recommendations
- The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation - Drew Westen
- How does emotion play into politics? Why have the Republicans been so good channelling the values and moral perspectives of Americans over the years?
- Democracy Hacked - Martin Moore
- A thorough and interesting history about the evolution of disinformation and how it has embraced technology to threaten our understanding of what democracy means and how it works. All too relevant now eh?
Interesting Long-Form Articles/ Newsletters
- Benedict Evans
- One of my favourite technology newsletters every week. Covers off everything you need to know with tech and its relationship with politics, business and the world. As he says “I try to work out what’s going on and what it means.”
Coding & Programming Blogs/ Websites
- R-Bloggers
- The best in R stats, with a ton of helpful articles, tutorials and general information if you ever want to get started in R (my go-to programming language)
- Dr. Keith McNulty’s blog
- A great blog that looks at R and people-analytics. Has some great tips on best R tools, functions or even fun visualizations about the show Friends!
- A great blog that looks at R and people-analytics. Has some great tips on best R tools, functions or even fun visualizations about the show Friends!
Recent & Relevant News Articles
January 22nd, 2021 - [Getting the jab done: When can Canadians expect to get a COVID-19] vaccine?(https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-getting-the-jab-done-when-can-canadians-expect-to-get-a-covid-19/)
- A great explainer of the COVID vaccine in Canada and when people can expect it. Hoping to do a blog post on this, but overall the answer is…not for a while
January 17th, 2021 - Swiss text sleuths unpick mystery of QAnon origins
- Everybody has been following the QAnon stories, so read about who is behind the leader of American conspiracy theories
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