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Analysis of the greatest albums of all time, "Flow" state, AT&T commercials
What makes an album the greatest of all time?
In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine released its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” placing the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in the top slot.
When the publication updated the list in 2012 to include the first decade of the new millennium, not only did the Beatles’ classic remain at #1 but the entire top 10 was unchanged.
Rolling Stone revised the list in 2020 again, and the two decade consensus was no more.
We get a fantastic return on investment on play-and-win sections at conventions. That’s when people can check out a game from a specific section of the library and write down their name on a piece of paper associated with that specific game.
Neuroimaging study on the ‘flow’ state
A practical implication of these results is that productive flow states can be attained by practice to build up expertise in a particular creative outlet coupled with training to withdraw conscious control when enough expertise has been achieved
Visualizing of college admissions by wealth, race, test scores
The unfortunate premise of this article and all other similar efforts, is that diversity apparently cannot be achieved based on merit and applying the same set of standards to all students alone. (comment)
Have you ever tucked your kid in bed from the phone? You will. And the company that will bring it to you… AT&T.
The UK college student explaining congressional procedure
“When was the last time a ruling of the chair was overturned on appeal in the House?” he asked on X, tagging an anonymous user named @ringwiss.
Less than a minute later, the mysterious account responded with an answer — 1938 — and a decades-old edition of the Congressional Record to prove it.
Genie introduces the era of being able to generate entire interactive worlds from images or text. We also believe it will be a catalyst for training the generalist AI agents of the future. 🤖
