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Our April issue is live!

Highlights:

⬤ How "self-healing" electric grids are keeping the lights on as climate disasters and AI demand strain the system, by Grant Mulligan

⬤ Why rest alone doesn't restore your energy (and what does), by Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne

⬤ The centuries-old dream of eating sunlight directly — and the scientists now making it real, by Thomas Moynihan

Read it on bigthink.com. Link in bio.

🎨 Vincent Romero

Our March issue, The Roots of Resilience is live now on bigthink.com.

Some of what's inside:

⬤ A neuroscientist's perspective on what happens when resilience backfires @neuranne

⬤ What we can learn from daffodils about outliving the winter @philosophyminis

⬤ How Tommy Caldwell lost a finger, survived a kidnapping, and became a rock climbing legend @tommycaldwell

Read it on bigthink.com. Link in bio.

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🎨 @rooovie

Our second monthly issue, "Biology's New Era," is live now on bigthink.com.

In this issue, we explore the bleeding edge of biotech, as well as the scientists, writers, and philosophers whose efforts helped get us here.

Some of what's inside:

⬤ Scientist-turned-writer Alex Hutchinson uses the legend of Secretariat to probe the limits of human athletic performance.

⬤ Futurist Peter Leyden examines how synthetic biology could help save Earth.

⬤ Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel challenges the leading theory of how life began.

All that and much, much more. We hope you enjoy.

🎨 Blake Cale @blake__cale

This monthly issue was made possible with support from @biohub, an organization that, like Big Think, believes technology can help us build a healthier future.

How to not give a fuck | Mark Manson @markmanson

The story of a 1524 map of the Aztec capital — Frank Jacobs / 🎨 Credit: Library of Congress

The story of a 1524 map of the Aztec capital — Frank Jacobs / 🎨 Credit: Library of Congress

The story of a 1524 map of the Aztec capital — Frank Jacobs / 🎨 Credit: Library of Congress

The story of a 1524 map of the Aztec capital — Frank Jacobs / 🎨 Credit: Library of Congress

The story of a 1524 map of the Aztec capital — Frank Jacobs / 🎨 Credit: Library of Congress

The story of a 1524 map of the Aztec capital — Frank Jacobs / 🎨 Credit: Library of Congress

Are plants conscious? | Marvin Liyanage @marvinliyanage

There's more and more evidence that plant intelligence might be much more advanced than we originally thought.

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

"Doing less can actually make you feel more tired" — Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne / 🎨 Sarah Soryal @insarahsbrain

How did the Bronze Age collapse? | Eric Cline @digkabri

Red button or blue button?

Why people perform for others | Mark Manson @markmanson

Toxic productivity is when you are told, or when you are expected to do so many things, and to be so efficient, at the expense of your own happiness or well-being. For example, when I open social media, there are people telling me what I should be doing. Somebody next to a fast car is telling me I should hustle and work more. A parent is telling me to be radically attentive to my children all of the time. A young couple in Vietnam are telling me to live a little, and to enjoy the moment.

But according to Oliver Burkeman, in a Big Think class, these aren’t only unrealistic expectations, they are impossible. And accepting this is the first step in overcoming toxic productivity. This is what he had to say:

‘It’s not really difficult to get on top of all your to do’s. It’s actually completely impossible. And in that transition from really difficult to completely impossible, there’s a moment of real kind of relief and relaxation.’

So much guilt and disappointment is caused by the mismatch between how my life is and how it could be. But what Burkeman is saying is that I cannot live a thousand lives. I cannot be radically attentive to my children while also working all of the time, while also backpacking around Vietnam. And recognising that this is impossible is the first step in overcoming the guilt attached to toxic productivity.

It’s classes like this that make me proud to be a Big Think columnist. And if you do want to enjoy videos like this, you can become a Big Think member at bigthink.com/my-classes.

Gallup and KFF polls show that more and more people are taking GLP-1s, not just for diabetes but also weight loss. But the story of GLP-1 drugs isn’t as straightforward as you might think. Here’s one particular part of the story that highlights how we learn from nature.