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Issue #75  (Results From Eating the Best Brain Foods) 07/20/20

Why do people avoid facts that could help them? That's what a recent Scientific American article discussed. Below are some interesting and somewhat sobering quotes from the article on people's behavior in this regard.

On the topic of wellness:

"...people avoid learning certain information related to their health even if having such knowledge would allow them to identify therapies to manage their symptoms or treatment."

"Similarly, participants in a laboratory experiment chose to forgo part of their earnings to avoid learning the outcome of a test for a treatable sexually transmitted disease. Such avoidance was even greater when the disease symptoms were more severe."

When discussing receiving potentially significant life information:

"The seriously information-averse were a minority, although a substantial one: On average, participants reported that they would definitely or probably not want to receive such information 32 percent of the time."

Does this explain why so many people today make poor choices? I don't know, and it's important, as always, to point out that the data is based on small samples and might not cover a broad or diverse demographic.

 

Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!

Tools & Apps

TonyDoorAI - A smart AI assistant for meetings. Record, transcribe, and summarize a meeting without any effort.

Kap - An open-source screen recorder for MacOS, built with web technology.

LoveTab - A chrome extension that keeps track of the Tweets you like, and shows you one of them each time you open a new browser tab.

CubeWeaver - A collaborative multidimensional spreadsheet service. Implement a wide range of planning, budgeting or reporting solutions, create financial models, and perform what-if simulations without writing code.

Jumpcut - A macOS clipboard manager that provides Mac users with quick, intuitive access to their clipboard history.

The Most Powerful CI/CD Tool - Automate your development process quickly, safely, and at scale.   promoted  

Articles & Resources

Which Productivity Method is Right For You? - This is a pretty extensive resource from Todoist covering a number of different productivity-related categories. Or you can take a quiz to find out your productivity fit.

What Happened When I Ate the Best Brain Foods for a Week - From 2017, one author's experiment and the subsequent benefits from eating healthier.

Remote Work Has its Perks, Until You Want a Promotion - A few months of pandemic-mandated working from home has many companies questioning their corporate culture and processes.

Job Burnout: How To Spot It and Take Action - Useful 2018 post from the Mayo Clinic website that looks at burnout symptoms, possible causes, risk factors, consequences, and how to take action.

5 Cheap(ish) Things to Help with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - These are some good practical tips but be sure to get professional medical help before trusting anything online.

Suggestions?

Have a suggestion for a productivity-related tool, article, or other resource? Send me a direct message via X (@LouisLazaris) and I’ll consider including it in a future issue.

Stay productive!

Louis
techproductivity.co
@LouisLazaris

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