Three Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish

Kent Hendricks' list of 52 things he learned in 2022, including "Swiss cheese tastes better when it listens to hip hop" and "people who grow up in cities with grids are [...] more likely to lose at video games". [kenthendricks.com]

Ariel Waldman's forthcoming book is called Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV. "Explore the science behind some of your favorite popular science fiction tropes – from escaping a black hole to riding a space elevator to the stars." [bookshop.org]

How to Grow Old by Bertrand Russell. Of his elderly grandmother, he said, "I do not believe that she ever had time to notice that she was growing old. This, I think, is the proper recipe for remaining young." [sites.google.com]

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