FF Daily #374: How to read stories
May 18, 2021: Why real-world stories help; A geriatric millennial; Aasai mugam by Vidya & Vandana
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May 18, 2021: Why real-world stories help; A geriatric millennial; Aasai mugam by Vidya & Vandana
May 19, 2021: Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Chilean film-maker Miguel Littin; An impending digital art boom?; Mayday signals from Middle India; [Song] Gracias a la Vida
May 20, 2021: Adam Kahane on changing things one person at a time; How Delhi came out of its oxygen crisis; What Bill Gates badly wanted; [Music] Karpur Gauram
May 21, 2021: Dr BJ Miller on learning to live well; Much ado over Shailaja Teacher; Too many billionaires?; [Song] Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
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May 24, 2021: Cal Newport on focus and deep work; Why Indian cities remain underdeveloped; Bitcoin spells trouble; The Serenity Prayer
May 25, 2021: Daniel Goleman on reading emotional signals; The world is not a machine; Mixing vaccines; Invictus
May 26, 2021: Atul Gawande on how patients benefit from teaching resident doctors; Brad Stone on the invention of the Amazon empire; Satya Nadella on the hybrid work paradox; Justice explained
May 27, 2021: Why do new ideas meet with resistance; The politics of Gandhi; Zoom fatigue; Here comes the sun