1) Chronic stress is starting to centre stage in
diseases
According to
the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the United Kingdom, stress,
depression or anxiety accounted for 57% of all “sick days” in 2017/2018. The
mind’s rising leverage over productivity is prompting interest in what might be
impeding its performance. The focus has fallen on stress.
2) Earphones (buds / pods) are making you go deaf …
slowly
Hearing loss isn’t
just the stuff of senior citizens: 1 in 5 teens will experience
hearing loss — a rate that’s 30% higher than it was 20 years ago.
At maximum volume,
earbuds and AirPods can be as loud as 110 decibels, which is the equivalent of
someone shouting directly into your ear. According to the CDC, being exposed to
85 decibels over a prolonged period, or repeatedly, puts you at risk of hearing
damage. If you’re listening to your earbuds at the maximum volume of 110
decibels, you’re at risk of hearing loss after just five minutes — barely the
length of two songs.
When you’re using
earbuds on a plane or train, you’re really pushing the limit of what’s safe.
Some trains get up to 80 or 90 decibels. Then you’re pushing the limit 13
decibels over that, and that’s when it gets really dangerous.
3) Is non-standard labelling leading to food wastage?
In the US, as much
as $218 billion on uneaten food is wasted every year. When analysing
the entire supply chain, including farming and processing. Globally, the carbon
emitted by wasted food can be classified as its own country—the third worst carbon
emitter in the world, behind the U.S. and China.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90397198/the-218-billion-design-problem-sitting-in-your-fridge-right-now
4) Amazon’s latest payment method uses flesh and
blood.
The e-tailing
giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual
human hand as a way to ring up a store purchase, with the goal of rolling them
out at its Whole Foods supermarket chain in the coming months. The high-tech
sensors are different from fingerprint scanners found on devices like the
iPhone and don’t require users to physically touch their hands to the scanning
surface. Instead, they use computer vision and depth geometry to process and
identify the shape and size of each hand they scan before charging a credit
card on file. The system, code-named “Orville,” will allow customers with
Amazon Prime accounts to scan their hands at the store and link them to their
credit or debit card.
5) An interview with Keshub Mahindra, now 95,
discussing what life has taught him and lessons he would like to share with
younger generations.
Keshub Mahindra is chairman emeritus of India’s
Mahindra Group, a $20.7 billion conglomerate. His father and uncle founded the
company in the mid-1940s. Mahindra joined the business soon after its
inception, took over as chairman in 1963, and retired in 2012 after leading the
group for five decades.
I believe happiness
is an attitude of the mind. I tell my children, be happy in whatever you are
doing, but I also tell them, be tolerant, be open, be honest, and transparent.
That is how you should be. Take joy in the happiness of others.
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