Scholé Supplement #23
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WonderEntangled Vale
🥁 The Extraordinary Ways Rhythm Shapes Our Lives
Rhythm is more than music. 'It connects us to the world. It plays a role in listening, in language, in understanding speech in noisy places, in walking, and even in our feelings toward one another.' Rhythm is universal — arguably a basis for consciousness itself. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus'
Make senseWild Margin
📚 The Free Learning List
Worth bookmarking. School of Thought strives 'to teach the next generation how to think, rather than what to think' — connecting academia with the best of the creative industries, bypassing the bureaucracy of the education system to create engaging critical-thinking resources, free under C
Move meMaker's Forge
🚗 Windscreen
'A car's interior defines the line between public and private space.' Phil Jung makes photographs of the American social landscape, exploring identity through personal space and habitation. In this collection he shoots through the windscreens of parked cars, reflecting something of 'who we
Surprise meMaker's Forge
🌎 Man
A superbly animated and tragically accurate depiction of humankind's relationship to the natural world, by Steve Cutts, simply titled 'Man.' It's not subtle — but as one YouTube commenter puts it, it depicts '150,000 years of human history in just 3 minutes.' Cutts made an updated edition
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Make senseUnfolding Realm
⏳ When Deadlines Aren't Urgent Enough
This one's for neurodivergent grokkists. ADHD folks know that even when something is important and due soon, that isn't necessarily enough to actually do it — if the brain isn't cooperating, it won't happen (though they also know about HUGE last-minute energy). Jesse Anderson's Extra Focus
Surprise meUnfolding Realm
💡 Your Elusive Creative Genius
A tender and funny reframing of the fear inherent to creative pursuits. Elizabeth Gilbert recalls how people reacted with fear when she first said she wanted to be a writer — 'Aren't you afraid the humiliation of rejection will kill you?' — and her short answer was Yes. Her reframe: instea
WonderEntangled Vale
🛒 Packaging a Nation's Dreams
How packaging design became a pivotal part of shopping. After the Second World War, UK grocer Sainsbury's reorganised its layout and got rid of most sales counters: 'Tills were moved to the very edge of the shop, delaying the imposition of the real world for as long as possible… Pick thing
Surprise meEntangled Vale
🎲 A Philosophy of Games (That Is Really a Philosophy of Life)
A rich, accessible conversation with philosopher C. Thi Nguyen on games and personal agency. Games have embedded value systems — they tell us what matters by rewarding it, and Nguyen thinks the simplicity of letting the game tell us what matters is a large part of what makes them fun. In r
Make senseEntangled Vale
🏛️ Atomic Habits Meets the Daily Stoic
James 'Atomic Habits' Clear is known for making big life changes by starting with an identity you want to have, then doing small habits that reinforce it until you're no longer chasing behaviour change but simply acting in alignment with the person you see yourself to be. Here he talks wit
Surprise meEntangled Vale
🤔 What Happens When We Rebrand an Ancient Philosophy?
A counterpoint to the previous pick. Modern Stoicism, like mindfulness, has exploded in popularity — and at face value the revival of a philosophy built on emotional tranquillity, reason and virtue seems unambiguously a Good Thing. But when you look at who's flying the flag most enthusiast