I would argue that while this type of visualization is good for data discovery, it demands too much cognative load for the average audience, at least where I work. YoY line charts or even bar graphs though mundane, require no extra mental effort to the reader and so I find to be more effective in persuasive storytelling.
Thanks, this might just motivate me to dust off my old Kindle. I recently started doing James Clear's habit tracker and now would love to find a way to track my habits on my Kindle if possible.
When I'm tempted to procrastinate on something important I add a 15 minute block to the calender and force myself to do the smallest unit of effort against the task. Often I find it's enough to get the ball rolling.
I use a similar method that I heard from Scott Adams when you are lying down and should get up but don't want to--start by moving just one finger, then your hand, etc. Odd but effective.
Thanks, I really enjoyed this. It brings me back to my Digital Logic Design class where we needed to construct the truth tables for a digital clock for our final exam.
The article mentions they use DNA testing to determine the sex and also that it's tough to find usable DNA samples. Could it be possible that male fossils are more likely to have usable DNA and thus bias the results?
I recently found out the power of #27 (habits > motivation). I've been doing James Clear's habit tracking for a few weeks and see a big improvement in my life, especially for studying and exercising.
I like the concept of divergent and convergent phases of life. This reminds me of a professor I had that said the arc of knowledge went "from thin to thick, then from thick to thin." Meaning that you started a course with no knowledge, filled your brain, then needed to put this all down on one piece of paper ("cheat sheet"). This stuck with me.
Enjoyed this article thoroughly. My last name is a common object and only four letters, and so you would think easy to spell. However it gets butchered quite often--perhaps because people want it differentiated from the common noun.
Anecdotal but I pushed this number to the limit with 5 kids (went for a 4th and had twins). Our pediatrician said (subjectively of course) that she found her happiest families had 4 or more kids. Not sure why that would be the case, but we are certainly a happy bunch.
Reading this article calls to mind von Tiesenhausen's Law of Program Management: "To get an accurate estimate of final program requirements, multiply the initial time estimates by pi, and slide the decimal point on the cost estimates one place to the right."
I also see the opposite impact both for me and my staff. It's very difficult to say no to the constant demands of children at home and the lack of physical distance makes it hard for me to concentrate on my work during regular work hours.
I might just use this trick of nature to inform how I manage my staff at work. We spend so much time trying to maximize efficiently, but perhaps at the cost of stability.
I recently had twins and was very grateful my company recently added 6 weeks of paternity leave. Had this not been the case I would have been forced to use up my sick time which I will likely neee to use with my kids, and also would have been fairly worthless when I was at work.
I love that the article explains why it doesn't strike the thumb. Sometimes I am not fast enough and it does hit my thumb, which is why I opt for the method where you wind it around your thumb to create a trigger.
This article calls to mind the Voltaire quote "The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." If you ascribe to this idea then the argument of the article takes on even greater force.
As someone who enjoys learning this is really enticing to me. However with the demands of my busy work/life schedule, my increasingly challenged attention span--mainly due to the number of competing free resources out there--and my wide range of curiosities I have difficulty deciding where to dedicate my precious time to. Do other people fall in a similar boat? If so any tips or tricks to break through?
I made the switch to automatic a year ago, mainly so my wife could use my car--and I still suffer from Phantom Clutch Syndrome. I am tempted to switch back by the time my kids are old enough to drive so I can teach them, that is if humans are still driving cars then.
I find the best way for my feeble mind to understand more than 3 or 4 dimensions is a parallel coordinate graph where you can view the relationships between two of the dimensions at a time. You can do this interactively in R using plotly:
Elon Musk's quote comes to mind now whenever I read about flying cars: "A bunch of cars flying all over the place is not an anxiety reducing situation"