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You've Never Heard of the Most Profitable Scam in History

James @jamesgibbins.com · 2d

4/5: #Google allegedly mostly shows ads when someone is about to buy anyway, meaning they can say “look, we made you a sale, buy more ads!” when in reality they just cheered someone on from the finishing line and then ask for the medal.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNI...

#Advertising #Ads #Marketing

YouTube video by FortNine

James @jamesgibbins.com · 2d

3/5: There’s a pretty clear correlation between being religious and hating homosexuals. I thought religion is about love?

datacanvas.substack.com/p/religion-a...

#Religion #Tolerance #Culture #HumanRights

I Investigated Fake British Farms (What I Found Will Shock You)

James @jamesgibbins.com · 2d

2/5: Most supermarket foods from “farms” are purely branding; they don’t exist. Look for the Red Tractor, or buy local.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qymT...

#Farming #Agriculture #Marketing #Branding #BuyLocal

YouTube video by Radmore Farm

How To Speak Like A Top 1% CEO

James @jamesgibbins.com · 2d

5 #shareworthy things

1/5: A bunch of useful tips, although quite American (i.e. direct), so factor in cultural differences. Try: speaking concisely; using data, stories, and pauses; taking risks with comments and questions; being warm but competent.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYaz...

YouTube video by BigDeal by Codie Sanchez

A two-year-old is a supremely strange person.

James @jamesgibbins.com · 9d

5/5: I’m yet to experience this myself, but it’s incredible how smart yet stupid kids are. Looking forward to having them in my life

waitbutwhy.com/2025/10/todd...

#Kids #Children #Baby #Toddler

Tales from Toddlerhood

waitbutwhy.com

James @jamesgibbins.com · 9d

4/5: Dyson is revolutionising another industry. Slash the energy costs, slash the worker costs. I hope they make this a success.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kObl...

#Farming #VerticalFarming #Dyson #Innovation #Agriculture

How Dyson Fixed Vertical Farming's BIGGEST Problem

YouTube video by Two Bit da Vinci

The Body Keeps the Score is Bullshit

James @jamesgibbins.com · 9d

3/5: Trauma has become fashionable, a scapegoat, and an excuse. Maybe you don’t need to go hunting for what's wrong with you. Maybe, just maybe, you are okay. And that’s okay.

josepheverettwil.substack.com/p/the-body-k...

#Trauma #MentalHealth

josepheverettwil.substack.com

Ranked: The Cost of Utilities Around the World

James @jamesgibbins.com · 9d

2/5: Beijing/Shanghai are $52. London is $322 - and it’s not even the highest. It's no surprise European countries are struggling economically - industries such as manufacturing and AI are basically unaffordable.

www.visualcapitalist.com/cost-of-util...

#Energy #Innovation #Costs #Utilities

The cost of utilities has surged across many European cities amid energy shortages. We show how prices have shifted worldwide since 2020.

www.visualcapitalist.com

James @jamesgibbins.com · 9d

5 #shareworthy things:

1/5: Beautiful, and I learnt a lot - for example, as you go up, temperature increases until ~50,000m. Also, how high the Tsar Bomba nuclear cloud reached - terrifying. The music is nice too.

neal.fun/space-elevat...

@neal.fun #Space #Atmosphere

Space Elevator

Take a trip to space!

neal.fun

102 Lessons from the 102 Books I Read This Year - Scott H Young

James @jamesgibbins.com · 22d

5/5: Good list. Many things in life are simpler than we like to think. Some interesting learnings, too, e.g.: Our subjective feeling of sleepiness levels off, but our ability to function continues to decline.

www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2025/10...

#LifeLessons #PersonalGrowth

As part of my Foundations project, I read 102 books over the past twelve-and-a-half months. That includes seven textbooks and dozens of academic books, in addition to the popular science and self-help...

www.scotthyoung.com

James @jamesgibbins.com · 22d

4/5: 3 in the top 4 are England. Asking AI what these cities have in common is… Not particularly surprising.

www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-europ...

#Crime #Safety #Danger #Demographics

Ranked: Europe’s Most Dangerous Cities, According to Citizens

Explore this 2025 ranking of the most dangerous cities in Europe, based on citizens’ perceptions of crime and safety.

www.visualcapitalist.com

The Hidden Cost of Britain’s Economy: High Street, Fishing, and Chips Shops | Andrew Barclay

James @jamesgibbins.com · 22d

3/5: I’ve just found this podcast, and it has a bunch of interesting episodes. A note from this one: In the UK, being “pro business” is actually being pro big corporates, not pro small businesses and startup.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Boj...

#Podcast #Business #Jobs #Entrepreneurs #UK

YouTube video by Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

The Savers Paradox: A Common Mindset That Can Ruin Your Life

James @jamesgibbins.com · 22d

2/5: We’re all taught to save instead of spend, but what are you saving for? Money is for enjoying life - or investing in making more money. I’ve definitely fallen into this trap.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTOc...

#PersonalFinance #Wealth #WealthBuilding #Savings #Investing #Money

YouTube video by Pursuit of Wonder

We simulated if you can really reach anyone in 6 steps

James @jamesgibbins.com · 22d

5 #shareworthy things

1/5: Network theory (graphs, shortcuts, hubs) is fascinating. Combine it with game theory and you can see why civilisation is collapsing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYlo...

#Veritasium #NetworkTheory #Disease #Society #Civilisation #SixDegreesOfSeparation

YouTube video by Veritasium

Two Big Stories That Help Explain Today's World

James @jamesgibbins.com · 29d

5/5: We now know more about what's happening the other side of the world than we do our own town, due to news. This is bad - ruins communities and emphasises the negative.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

#News #Globalisation #SocialMedia #Community #Fear #Suffering #NegativityBias #MorganHousel

Podcast Episode · The Morgan Housel Podcast · 01/10/2025 · 13m

podcasts.apple.com

James @jamesgibbins.com · 29d

4/5: #China is an engineering state. It treats the country as a machine and people as cogs to be shaped and put in the right place towards a planned output - which is why they get shit done.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfS...

#Engineering #Freedom #Competition #Efficiency #PlannedEconomy

Why China builds while America debates, with Dan Wang

YouTube video by Azeem Azhar

From the todayilearned community on Reddit: Today I learned that Popeye’s famous spinach-fueled strength came from a chemist’s typo: - In 1870, German scientist Erich von Wolf accidentally wrote that ...

James @jamesgibbins.com · 29d

3/5: Popeye was built on a typo - spinach contains 10% of the iron people thought it did (in other words, very little).

www.reddit.com/r/todayilear...

#Health #Spinach #Iron #Misinformation #Mistake #Typo

Explore this post and more from the todayilearned community

www.reddit.com

The Hospitality Principles That Build Billion-Dollar Startups

James @jamesgibbins.com · 29d

2/5: Another podcast on surprise and delight. Remember, customers are people. Make them happy!

www.mfmpod.com/the-hospital...

#Business #Entrepreneurship #Startups #CustomerService #Delight #Surprise #MFM #MyFirstMillion

Want to start your own million dollar business with less than $1k? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/bgk Episode 751: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) ta…

www.mfmpod.com

YouTube video by Steve Mould

James @jamesgibbins.com · 29d

5 #shareworthy things

1/5: Physics is weird. Water equalisation depends on the height, not the volume or mass.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7NH...

#Physics #Science #Paradox #SteveMould

The Hydrostatic Paradox

A 4-step framework for building delightful products | Nesrine Changuel (Spotify, Google, Skype)

James @jamesgibbins.com · Sep 30

5/5: Delight = joy + surprise. Achieve through: reduce friction + anticipate need + exceed expectations. Segment by functional (i.e. practical) and emotional (i.e. delightful) needs and uses.

#ProductManagement #ProductDesign #LennyRatchitsky

www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/a-4-step-f...

Listen now | 🎙️ Former Google "Delight PM" shares her framework for creating delightful product experiences that create emotional connections and increase retention

www.lennysnewsletter.com

James @jamesgibbins.com · Sep 30

4/5: Play snake in your URL bar. Amazing.

#Games #Gaming #Snake

demian.ferrei.ro/snake

URL Snake!

Play the classic snake game on the browser URL.

demian.ferrei.ro

How to Get Rich (without luck, talent, or a trust fund)

James @jamesgibbins.com · Sep 30

3/5: Learn to sell, make, design, or find (opportunities). Then monetise with code, capital, or content. Then wait. Also, move to Silicon Valley.

Not mentioned: find a mentor early on, and be lucky to get hired without relevant skills…

#MyFirstMillion #Startups #Founders

youtu.be/Zeiy22UBsW4

YouTube video by My First Million

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James @jamesgibbins.com · Sep 30

2/5: I think I consider every video by Real Science shareworthy, but bloody hell, they’re fascinating. Dragonflies are insane creatures.

#RealScience #Science #Nature #Dragonfly #Evolution

youtu.be/nq_tGiprNlU

Dragonflies Are Not What You Think

YouTube video by Real Science

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