Mixtape + El Yunque, Going Cashless vs. More Cash, Bad Bunny is Winning, Brain Facts, La Generación Muda (Spanish)
02.17.23 [Mixtape] "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde
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Every Friday (maybe Saturday) I email a mixtape along with a cocktail of articles, quotes, essays, videos, screenshots, and podcasts that I find notably good for you and shareable.
Puerto Rico’s stunning new trail traverses a tropical rainforest. The pioneering 40-mile path through El Yunque National Forest will take you from beaches to mountain peaks.
Stat: In a number of cities across the US, Fridays at the office are dead. Mondays are a crapshoot. And returning to pre-pandemic work schedules looks like a lost cause. The surge in remote work is costing Manhattan $12 billion per year as workers spend around 30% fewer days in the office. That means the average worker is spending $4,661 less per year on meals, shopping and entertainment near their offices in New York. -from Bloomberg
Bad Bunny Is [Winning in Non-English] The music industry may not be ready for his sazón, but the rest of us are.
Quote: ““We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.” — Mother Theresa
Book: Women have been a driving force in hip-hop from the beginning of the genre. Journalist Clover Hope’s groundbreaking new book, The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop highlights more than 100 of the most influential women in rap history, from pioneers like Roxanne Shanté and MC Lyte to game changers like Salt-N-Pepa and Missy Elliot and current megastars Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. It’s an essential syllabus for all hip-hop fans.
Fun Facts About the Brain You Didn’t Know - “It is a myth that humans only use 10 percent of our brain. We actually use all of it. We’re even using more than 10 percent when we sleep.”
Handy Trending Tool: Discover Exploding Topics before they take off.
The Pros and Cons of a Cashless Society. What do we gain and lose when cash is no longer king. “With the many technological and societal moves towards digital and virtual financial transactions, cash currency is becoming less and less common. However, the shift to a fully cashless society has many potential drawbacks, and only time will tell whether cash holds a special niche.”
A case for cash to help small businesses. Imagine a $50 bill.
Enlaces en Español:
La 'generación muda'. Jóvenes que ya no hablan por teléfono porque "me van a tener media hora contándome penas". "La adolescencia es una etapa de inseguridad, y la tecnología les proporciona seguridad. Creo que quizás les resulta más fácil expresar cosas por escrito que verbalmente".
Las escuelas son para hacer ruido. “En una escuela debe haber ruido, con niños corriendo y explorando. Hay culturas en que es de mala educación hacer preguntas al profesor, pero en la nuestra si yo te enseño algo es porque busco la conversación y está bien si no estás de acuerdo conmigo, vamos a hablarlo”.
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Have an awesome weekend!
Your fellow human,
-Jorge