Every link ever — 42courses Newsletter Archive

Date	Section	Link	Why Chris liked it
2026-08-11	body	aniel Kahneman's TED talk on the difference between the self that has the holiday and the self that remembers it is here
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-08-07	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-08-07	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-08-07	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-08-07	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-08-07	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-08-04	body	p.s. Ruth's recipe survived all of it, more or less unchanged, and Nestlé still publishes it here
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-07-31	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-07-31	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-07-31	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-07-31	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-07-31	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-07-24	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-07-24	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-07-24	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-07-24	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-07-24	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-07-17	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-07-17	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-07-17	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-07-17	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-07-17	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-07-10	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-07-10	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-07-10	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-07-10	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-07-10	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-07-07	body	The talk worth your time
2026-07-07	body	See our 3 favourite winners
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-07-03	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-07-03	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-07-03	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-07-03	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-07-03	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-06-30	body	The Film Grand Prix went to Anthropic's Claude
2026-06-30	body	Watch every Grand Prix winner
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-06-26	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-06-26	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-06-26	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-06-26	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-06-26	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-06-23	body	The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix
2026-06-23	body	Claude: ‘A Time and a Place
2026-06-23	body	The F1 Miami Grand Prix, in bricks
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-06-19	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-06-19	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-06-19	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-06-19	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-06-19	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Graveyard	Behind the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Vermont lies a graveyard of retired flavours.
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies	How a pack of cards is the secret to this producer putting the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Coldplay at the top of the charts.
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Datacentre	A groundbreaking commercial project that moves data processing under the sea to keep it naturally cool using offshore wind energy.
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	Britney Spears' Toxic Played By Eight Electronic Devices	An incredibly creative cover of the hit song performed entirely by household appliances, including an epilator and credit card terminals.
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	Why You're Exercising Incorrectly	A brilliant video from Bryan Johnson, the guy on a mission to extend life.
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	What It Feels Like To Work With Mythos	Ethan Mollick test-drives the newest AI model and catches a glimpse of what work might soon become. A short read that will sharpen your thinking.
2026-06-12	food-for-thought	How To Spot If Someone Is Drowning	Drowning doesn't look like drowning. Here is a helpful article to help you spot it before it's too late.
2026-06-12	on-this-day	Cleopatra
2026-06-12	on-this-day	Cyclist Bryan Allen pedals the featherweight Gossamer Albatross
2026-06-12	on-this-day	Raiders of the Lost Ark
2026-06-12	on-this-day	The Boeing 777 makes its maiden flight
2026-05-29	food-for-thought	AI Eats The World	The latest state of AI deck from the tech industry legend Ben Evans.
2026-05-29	food-for-thought	Blood Lollies	The unusual way London Zoo has been keeping its big cats cool in the recent heat.
2026-05-29	food-for-thought	What’s A Telephone Doing On That Tank?	How WW2 German officers couldn’t figure out why American tanks had a phone.
2026-05-29	food-for-thought	The Secret Mall Apartment	In 2003, eight American students created a secret apartment inside a mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way.
2026-05-29	food-for-thought	AI, Writing and the Future of Education	Why balancing the use of AI with our own mental abilities will be a defining challenge of the coming years.
2026-05-29	food-for-thought	Are You A Victim Of The Busy Trap?	The modern malaise that envelopes us all.
2026-05-26	body	Marketing Examples by Harry Dry
2026-05-26	body	Marketing Brew
2026-05-26	body	Marketing Week - Morning and Weekend Briefing
2026-05-26	body	WARC
2026-05-26	body	Stacked Marketer
2026-05-26	body	The Drum - This Week in Marketing
2026-05-26	body	The Daily Carnage by Carney
2026-05-26	body	Contagious
2026-05-26	body	Science Says by Thomas McKinlay
2026-05-26	body	Geekout by Matt Navarra
2026-05-22	food-for-thought	What Happened To Giant Land Ships?	In the 1930s, somebody tried to build a 90-foot-long land yacht with giant wheels to cross the Sahara Desert. Crazy, eh?
2026-05-22	food-for-thought	ChatGPT-generated Story Wins Prestigious Literary Prize	And we all thought detecting AI slop was easy. Not so sloppy now!
2026-05-22	food-for-thought	Spotify’s Shocking Disco Ball Logo	The Swedish streaming giant changed its logo to mark its 20th anniversary, but many folk were unhappy about it!
2026-05-22	food-for-thought	Not So Silly String	The remarkable story of US soldiers using silly string to detect hidden IED trip wires in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2026-05-22	food-for-thought	Will Musk Become The World’s First Trillionaire?	If the SpaceX IPO goes ahead, he’s probably going to.
2026-05-22	food-for-thought	AI Expert Not Worried About Robots Taking Over	AI expert Michael Wooldridge on big tech’s real dangers (and occasional blessings).
2026-05-20	body	Austin Kleon’s 10 Things Weekly
2026-05-20	body	It’s Nice That
2026-05-20	body	The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker
2026-05-20	body	Recomendo by Kevin Kelly
2026-05-20	body	Marketing Examples by Harry Dry
2026-05-20	body	Alex & Books
2026-05-20	body	Casual Archivist by Elizabeth Goodspeed
2026-05-20	body	The Browser
2026-05-20	body	Chicken Shed by David Hieatt
2026-05-20	body	The Profile by Polina Pompliano
2026-05-15	food-for-thought	Best Marmite Ads	Love it or hate it, you have to admire Marmite’s brilliant advertising
2026-05-15	food-for-thought	What’s Up Doc?	A brief compendium of medical quakery
2026-05-15	food-for-thought	Man Invents New Pasta Shape	In 2012, podcaster Dan Pashman created Cascatelli pasta, named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021!
2026-05-15	food-for-thought	The Bizarre History of The Guinness Book of Records	The famous tome was invented to settle pub disputes.
2026-05-15	food-for-thought	11 Things That Influenced Steve Jobs Design Philosophy	From Zen Buddhism and LSD to Bauhaus design and Cuisinart kitchen appliances.
2026-05-15	food-for-thought	The Very First Webcam Was To Watch A Coffee Pot	Cambridge University researchers pointed a camera at a coffee pot to avoid walking down several flights of stairs to the break room, only to find it empty.
2026-05-12	body	latest episode of the 42courses podcast
2026-05-12	body	Listen to the Podcast
2026-05-08	food-for-thought	17-Year-OldAd Goes Viral	Why a 2008 ad for Toyota is garnering so much attention.
2026-05-08	food-for-thought	The Top 10 Art Forgers in History	The geniuses who successfully tricked everyone with their forged works.
2026-05-08	food-for-thought	The Dangers of Conformity	Why our desire to conform does more harm than good.
2026-05-08	food-for-thought	Is This The Most Genius Presentation Trick of All Time?	The legendary pitch ‘tool’ from adland.
2026-05-08	food-for-thought	Game Theory Will Change Your Life	The invisible rules running every interaction.
2026-05-08	food-for-thought	Wonderful Documentary About Indie Bookshops	It’s free to watch and will make you smile.
2026-05-01	food-for-thought	What’s In Store for ChatGPT 5.5	What can you expect from OpenAI’s upcoming release?
2026-05-01	food-for-thought	Volvo’s 100 Years of World Firsts	The Swedish car maker has been pioneering safety technology for a century.
2026-05-01	food-for-thought	Tiny Countries You Can Walk Across In A Day	Get your 10,000 steps in and see some fantastic sights along the way.
2026-05-01	food-for-thought	Right A Letter To Your Future Self	A free site where you can write down your hopes and dreams and receive a letter years later.
2026-05-01	food-for-thought	Japanese Airport Trial Robot Baggage Handlers	Can humanoid robots do the job of real people?
2026-05-01	food-for-thought	483 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea	A frankly astonishing true story about one man’s survival at sea for a year and four months.
2026-05-01	on-this-day	Orson Welles' cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane
2026-05-01	on-this-day	Gladiator
2026-04-24	food-for-thought	The Slowest Vending Machine In The World	In a world that never slows down, KitKat built the slowest vending machine in the world.
2026-04-24	food-for-thought	The Friendship Paradox	Why, on average, your friends have more friends than you do.
2026-04-24	food-for-thought	New Image Generating Tool from ChatGPT	Hear first hand from the nerds at OpenAI about their latest image maker.
2026-04-24	food-for-thought	The Inventor of the TV Remote Didn’t Want You To Use It	Eugene Polley, who invented the first TV remote (the ‘Flash-Matic’), later admitted he considered it a nuisance that encouraged viewers to be lazy.
2026-04-24	food-for-thought	The 2026 Stanford AI Index Report	Some handy new stats on the current state of AI and AI usage from the brains at Stanford University.
2026-04-24	food-for-thought	Is This The Most Bizarre Wikipedia Page Out There?	The life and times of an eccentric 18th-century American Merchant known for his bizarre behaviour.
2026-04-24	on-this-day	The Doors released their No. 1 psychedelic rock anthem single "Light My Fire
2026-04-24	on-this-day	The groundbreaking Hubble Space Telescope
2026-04-21	body	We’ve covered the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
2026-04-21	body	and the 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
2026-04-17	food-for-thought	Does AI Really Boost Productivity?	Bosses say it does, workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’.
2026-04-17	food-for-thought	The Doorway Effect	Why you forget what you were thinking about or intending to do when you enter a room.
2026-04-17	food-for-thought	The Man Who Invented the White Cane for the Blind	How an accident caused a British photographer to invent one of the most enduring aids for the blind.
2026-04-17	food-for-thought	Coca-Cola Misses The Mark	Why Mark Ritson isn’t sold on Coke’s homage to its iconic hilltop ad.
2026-04-17	food-for-thought	What Is A ‘Dead Man’ Switch?	How this simple device has saved countless lives.
2026-04-17	food-for-thought	Shoemaker Makes Surprising Pivot to AI	Not selling enough shoes? Don’t worry, you can just turn to making AI compute infrastructure. Wait, what?
2026-04-14	body	Here is what you can learn from the man who gave us The Muppets
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	Why So Many Control Rooms Were Painted Light Green	How the work of the world’s first colour theorist revolutionised industrial design.
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	Jeff Bezos’ 2005 Lecture On Innovation From The Stanford GSB	An oldie but a goldie. It’s amazing how much of this is still relevant today.
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	Is This The Greatest April Fools?	The time a newspaper invented a holiday destination people were desperate to visit.
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	Needing Some Pitch Deck Inspiration?	Behold. A brilliant archive of them.
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	A Sunny Outlook Reduces Dementia Risk	Study finds older adults with higher optimism had about a 15% lower risk of developing dementia over time.
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	Martin Weigel On Strategy	13 helpful tips on writing a great brand strategy.
2026-04-10	food-for-thought	YouTube Is Now The World’s Largest Media Company	Move over Disney, there’s a new boss in town.
2026-04-07	body	In How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
2026-04-03	food-for-thought	an overview of what I shared	in case you’re interested (it’s on the ROI of brilliance :) ).
2026-04-03	food-for-thought	The Dark History of the Treadmill	One of our favourite pieces of gym equipment started out as a form of punishment.
2026-04-03	food-for-thought	The PRADA Store In The Desert	The real reason behind a high-fashion store in the middle of nowhere.
2026-04-03	food-for-thought	What’s the Purpose of Those Strings on Bananas?	The answer to something that’s been bugging you for years is finally revealed.
2026-04-03	food-for-thought	What’s Was Like Like 75,000 years ago?	A day in the life of a human living a long, long time ago.
2026-04-03	food-for-thought	Why This Genius Race Car Was Banned	How a clever engineer used technology from 6,000BC to beat the competition.
2026-04-03	on-this-day	Primal Fear
2026-03-31	body	Adam Morgan popularised the idea of the ‘challenger brand’ in Eating the Big Fish
2026-03-31	body	E.g., Innocent’s
2026-03-31	body	E.g. Liquid Death
2026-03-31	body	E.g. Tony’s Chocolonely
2026-03-31	body	E.g., Patagonia’s ‘Don’t Buy This Jacket
2026-03-31	body	E.g., Duolingo
2026-03-31	body	E.g. 42BELOW’s ‘Snow Patrol
2026-03-31	body	E.g. Blendtec’s ‘Will It Blend?
2026-03-31	body	E.g., Zara’s
2026-03-24	body	Launched in 2019, the docuseries Drive to Survive
2026-03-24	body	According to ESPN, Formula 1’s average U.S. race audience rose from 554,000 in 2018 to 1.1 million in both 2023 and 2024
2026-03-24	body	Nielsen Sports data
2026-03-24	body	F1’s own 2025 Global Fan Survey
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	Is This Product 'Human-made’?	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0d6el50ppo- The race to establish an AI-free logo. (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned)
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0d6el50ppo- The race to establish an AI-free logo.
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	The French Foreign Legion Has Its Own Vineyard	From battlefield to terroir, retired legionnaires produce and sell the wine. (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned)
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	A Petri Dish of Human Brain Cells Is Currently Playing Doom	Should we be worried? (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned)
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	Rewind To The 90s!	In 2024, school kids visited the last Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, to see what life was like when their parents and grandparents were growing up. (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned)
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	The Car Executive Who Escaped In A Box	Carlos Ghosn was once the CEO of Nissan, but after fraud allegations in Japan, he fled the country. (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned)
2026-03-20	food-for-thought	The Airport That’s Never Lost Any Luggage	Kansai International Airport in Japan recently reached its 30th year of service without having ever lost a single bag. (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned)
2026-03-17	body	e world’s best-known marketing strategists and the co-author of the legendary book Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
2026-03-17	body	Laura, he outlined the definitive rules for building an outstanding brand in the book The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
2026-03-13	food-for-thought	What I Learned Teaching Others AI	https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/teaching-ai-what-i-learned- How the best work with AI, critically treating it like a bright, enthusiastic intern that needs to be managed and supported to do their best work.
2026-03-13	food-for-thought	The 2026 RECESS Playbook	Created by the founder of the RECESS creative community, this playbook features insights and contributions from 48 creatives across 20 countries.
2026-03-13	food-for-thought	You’ve Made It. Now What?	Why reaching your goals won’t make you happy.
2026-03-13	food-for-thought	Wait What? A Cake Made From Sandwiches?	This Swedish delicacy has to be one of the world’s more unusual treats!
2026-03-13	food-for-thought	You Only Have To Fold A Piece of Paper 42 Times To Reach The Moon	Yet another reason why the number ‘42’ is so ace!
2026-03-13	food-for-thought	The Time Air India Gifted Salvador Dali an Elephant	One of the more unusual stories we’ve stumbled upon lately.
2026-03-06	food-for-thought	5 Ways To Get Better Outcomes When Using AI	Luca is one of the brightest thinkers out there, so reading anything by him is always a good use of time.
2026-03-06	food-for-thought	How Does Someone Responsible for Managing $2 Trillion Think?	Fascinating interview with Nicolai Tangen, CEO of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.
2026-03-06	food-for-thought	Ever Wanted To Know What T. Rex’s Breath Smelled Like?	Scientists are recreating ancient odours for museumgoers as interest in the archaeology of smell grows.
2026-03-06	food-for-thought	The World’s Smallest Violin	At just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width, it fits inside a single human hair. Too bad you can’t play it.
2026-03-06	food-for-thought	Dancing To Death	The strange case of dancing mania that struck Germany in 1518.
2026-03-06	food-for-thought	The Fascinating History of Tarot Cards	Watch as V&A museum curators explore the mysterious history of tarot from its 15th-century origins to its modern use in spiritual practices.
2026-02-27	food-for-thought	Feeling Like Time Is Speeding Up As You Age?	Janet’s Law explains why and some tips on how to slow it down.
2026-02-27	food-for-thought	Gucci Criticised for 'AI Slop	The fashion giant is facing a backlash after using AI to generate images to promote its forthcoming show at Milan Fashion Week
2026-02-27	food-for-thought	Will OpenAI Survive?	OpenAI faces big challenges: no clear tech moat, shallow engagement, and little network effect. Incumbents are catching up fast, using their scale and distribution.
2026-02-27	food-for-thought	Divorced Man Sells His Entire Life on eBay	Ian Usher was going through a bad patch, so in June 2008, he listed his house, car, job trial, belongings, etc., on eBay raised nearly £200,000 and went travelling the world.
2026-02-27	food-for-thought	What is the MAYA Principle?	The MAYA principle, coined by industrial designer Raymond Loewy, states that for a product or design to be successful, it must be innovative yet familiar enough to be accepted by consumers.
2026-02-27	food-for-thought	The First Piece of Branded Content in History	A clue? It wasn’t the Michelin Guide.
2026-02-24	body	I recently sat down with Forbes and Christine on The Extraordinary Show
2026-02-24	body	front of a room to talk to students on entirely different levels is statistically the second-worst way to learn anything
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	3D evolution of Paris from 300 BC to 2025	, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest payday (https://variety.com/2025/film/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-twins-payday-biggest-career-1236439619/) , the greatest distance driven on one tank of fuel (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-fuel-range-%28standard%29) & more.
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest payday	, the greatest distance driven on one tank of fuel (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-fuel-range-%28standard%29) & more.
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	, the greatest distance driven on one tank of fuel	& more.
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	Why Are Roses Planted at The End of Vineyard Rows?	The answer may surprise you.
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	Bad Spelling Bee	When Toys “Я” Us opened in Cerritos, California, in 1972, the council insisted the store use a standard R on its sign to avoid confusing children learning the alphabet.
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	The Actor Who Made An Astonishing Art Discovery	An actor who played Furio in The Sopranos spotted an incorrectly labelled painting at auction and bought it for $68,000. Later, it was appraised for $10 million.
2026-02-20	food-for-thought	Why Is This So Complicated?	Watch a fab podcast I was recently invited to join where we explore why AI is triggering a modern creative renaissance driven by the art of asking better questions, why curiosity and patience are now the ultimate leadership traits in a content-flooded world, and much more.
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	The World’s 50 Best Outdoor Ads	How many of these glorious pieces of work do you recognise?
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	Playing High-level Chess Burns Calories Like An Athlete	Need to burn off energy? Forget the gym, play a game of elite chess instead!
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	The Big AI Job Swap	Many white-collar workers are ditching their careers to take up trades.
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	The Rescue Buoys of WW2	During the Battle of Britain, Germany built rescue buoys, floating shelters for pilots who crashed in the sea. They had food, water, radios, and beds to help them stay safe until help arrived.
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	The Chimpanzee That Fooled The Art World	The remarkable story of the Swedish journalist who confused art critics by exhibiting artwork made by a Chimpanzee.
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	7 Valentine’s Day Myths	It’s Valentine’s Day this Saturday. Time to debunk some things about it.
2026-02-13	food-for-thought	Meet Tinker the Robot	Yorkshire inventor David Weston built Tinker, a remote-controlled robot that could wash the car, push a pram, shop, and weed. All in 1966!
2026-02-13	on-this-day	A large group of geologists and scientists discovered 500,000-year-old rock paintings
2026-02-13	on-this-day	Black Sabbath releases their self-titled debut album
2026-02-13	on-this-day	Tupac Shakur releases his 4th studio album, All Eyez on Me
2026-02-10	body	this week’s podcast episode
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	People Don’t Seem To Mind AI Ads	System 1 research shows that when people are told an AI was used to make the ad, they don’t really care.
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	What Is The New Social Media Network for AI All About?	The internet went crazy over Moltbook, a Reddit-style platform for AIs only. But is it really a sign of AGI?
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	The CIA’s ‘Jack-in-the-Box	How the US intelligence agency used a pop-up mannequin to escape KGB surveillance teams.
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind McDonald’s Fillet-O-Fish	It’s not what you expect.
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	The Mother of All Pranks	When Taco Bell announced they’d bought the Liberty Bell (the one that sits inside the famous statue in NYC).
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	From ‘Nerdy’ Gemini to ‘Edgy’ Grok	How developers are shaping AI behaviours.
2026-02-06	food-for-thought	5 Fascinating Solutions to Loneliness in Japan	From rental families to grief phone booths, the odd strategies the Japanese have used to combat loneliness.
2026-02-06	on-this-day	American rapper 50 Cent releases his album "Get Rich or Die Trying
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	AI Supercharged Managers	As AIs are increasingly capable of tasks a human would take hours to do, the value of good delegation increases. But when should you delegate to AI?
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	Why AI Didn’t Join The Workforce In 2025	Despite Sam Altman’s prediction, ChatGPT didn’t take your job.
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	London’s Forgotten Ski Resort	The downside? It was built on a mound of toxic waste.
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	Popeye’s Village	What was once a Hollywood movie set for a film starring Robin Williams is now a permanent village attraction in Malta.
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	Business Idea Tester	Want to know if your brilliant brainwave is actually any good? This AI will critique it for you.
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	Tesla Cuts Car Models To Focus on AI	As its annual revenue falls for the first time, the electric vehicle maker shifts its focus to artificial intelligence and robotics.
2026-01-30	food-for-thought	Texas Has High School BBQ Teams	Texans love their grilled meat so muchthat they have high school competitions. Do they need any taste testers?
2026-01-30	on-this-day	Elvis Presley’s "Jailhouse Rock
2026-01-30	on-this-day	Sir Winston Churchill receives a state funeral in London
2026-01-30	on-this-day	The Beatles perform their famous impromptu rooftop concert
2026-01-27	body	e expected. To compensate, Jarrett improvised a repetitive, rhythmic style. This constraint resulted in The Köln Concert
2026-01-27	body	Example: There’s a parable of a pottery teacher
2026-01-27	body	ed himself to unlearn the standard approach. Instead, he developed a backwards-arching style known as the ‘Fosbury Flop
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	Demis Hassabis & Dario Amodei Debate the World After AGI	Fresh from Davos, here are the AI top dogs at Google and Anthropic on what comes after AGI.
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	Gartner Says Worldwide AI Spending Will Total $2.5 Trillion in 2026	For reference, this is the same as the GDP of Italy, the world’s eighth-largest economy.
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	Using Fighter Jet Engines To Extinguish	Oil (https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-pair-of-tank-mounted-fighter-jet-engines-exting-1675620218) Fires (https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-pair-of-tank-mounted-fighter-jet-engines-exting-1675620218) - Is your existing firefighting equipment not good enough? Try using a pair of tank mounted MIG-21 fighter jet engines.
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	The Swedish Sub That ‘Sank’ The Mighty $6 Billion USS Ronald Reagan	Ok, so it was a wargame, but still…
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	Captain Cooks’ Ingenious Way To Prevent Scurvy On Long Voyages	How the British explorer persuaded his sailors to eat something they didn’t want to and saved lives.
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	How To Assess Risk Like NASA	Rockets blowing up isn’t a good look. Here’s the method the famous space agency uses to minimise the chance of something going wrong.
2026-01-23	food-for-thought	The Imperfect Life	Stop waiting for the perfect time. The day is never coming when all the other stuff will be “out of the way”.
2026-01-23	on-this-day	Madonna launches her "Material Girl
2026-01-20	body	In this week’s episode
2026-01-20	body	P.S. If you want to dive deeper, grab a copy of Richard's book, Hacking The Human Mind
2026-01-20	body	P.P.S. Good news! Richard will be running one of his brilliant Behavioural Science for Better Marketing workshops
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	26 Useful Concepts for 2026 by Gurwinder	If you don’t follow this guy already, you probably should. A very high signal-to-noise ratio here, friends.
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	The Guy Who Perfectly Replicated Coca Cola	Ok, it took him a year and plenty of trial and error, but his fizzy drink tastes just like the real thing. 😉
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	Why AI Can’t Replace Human Flaws	What do a NASA engineer, a knuckle duster, and a trip to Uzbekistan have in common? We sat down with creative legend Tay Guan Hin to find out.
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	The Best of CES 2026	The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the biggest tech event of the year, and it just wrapped up. From laptops and AI robot pets to LED masks and trifold phones, here are the topic pics from The Verge staff.
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	Sweden’s Overnight Change to Driving on the Right	On 2nd September 1967, Swedish people drove on the left-hand side. The following day, they switched to driving on the right. And it led to a reduction in traffic accidents!
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	French Philosopher Voltaire was a lottery scammer	The author of Candide had enough money to sit around and think all day because he and a friend exploited a flaw in the national lottery to win approximately $120 million in today’s money.
2026-01-16	food-for-thought	Why the US Navy built a 300-foot ice cream barge in WW2	It produced just over 37 litres of ice cream (roughly 20 tubs) every 7 minutes to boost the morale of soldiers fighting in the Pacific. 😋
2026-01-13	body	In this episode
2026-01-13	body	, I caught up with Singaporean creative legend Tay Guan Hin
2026-01-13	body	author of Collide
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	The Best AI Ad Campaigns of 2025	Which one is your favourite?
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	Doctor Uses AI Receptionist To Cut Patient Wait Times	An AI receptionist named Emma has been introduced at an English doctor’s practice to cut call waits, but not everyone wants to talk to her.
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	The Future of AI Coding	https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/- A look at how impressive AI coding is right now and how you’ll be able to build anything you like easily, and soon.
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	The FBI’s Most Wanted for Art Crime	The US law enforcement agency has its own art crime division, which lists the Top Ten art crimes similar to its famous list of the Top Ten Most Wanted criminals (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07xgv07vzvo) .
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	When Fining Parents For Being Late To School Pickups Backfires	Good bit of behavioural science this. Why fining late parents makes them more likely to be late next time.
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	The World’s Only Ski-Thru McDonald’s	McSki, the world’s only ski-thru McDonald’s, is located at the Lindvallen ski resort in Sälen, Sweden. Skiiers glide up to a service hatch for their Big Mac before returning to the slopes.
2026-01-09	food-for-thought	Are You Washing Your Jeans Correctly?	The definitive guide to keeping your jeans in tip-top condition from Levi’s, the OG jeans makers.
2026-01-09	on-this-day	The Phantom of the Opera
2026-01-06	body	P.S. Here are 10 ways AI can help you in everyday life
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	Why Indian Cinema Is Awash With AI	Artificial Intelligence is disrupting many industries, nowhere more so than the Indian film industry. (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	Artificial Intelligence is disrupting many industries, nowhere more so than the Indian film industry.
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	More Than 20% of YouTube’s Feed is Now AI Slop	Which countries and channels are achieving the greatest reach? And how much money might they make? (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	5 Tech Trends To Watch in 2026	From datacenters to AI, The Guardian is keeping our eye on the technology that will shape your life this year (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/) .
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	Looking for a Great Book in 2026?	Use this brilliantly simple site to find other authors similar to the ones you love. (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	10 Highly Replicable Findings from Psychology	In recent years, psychology has faced a replicability crisis. Here are some that buck this trend. (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	Four Trends Defining Marketing in 2026	According to Adobe, it’s All the Feels, Connectioneering, Surreal Silliness, and Local Flavour. Hmmm. 🧐 (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	Why the US Releases Millions of Flies over Panama Every Week	Is this a perfect example of international cooperation? (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	food-for-thought	The Surprising Way Animals in Cold Climates Stay Warm	Need a clue? It’s not the thickness of their fur. (https://spectator.com/article/ai-will-take-jobs-the-wrong-ones/)
2026-01-02	on-this-day	Kesha hits #1 on the charts in the USA with "TiK ToK
2025-12-30	body	The Dead Internet Theory
2025-12-30	body	The Doorman Fallacy
2025-12-30	body	Insects Taste Better Than You Think
2025-12-30	body	The Region Beta Paradox
2025-12-30	body	The Pennies-a-Day Effect
2025-12-30	body	Secret Apartments In Train Stations
2025-12-30	body	Eigenvector Centrality
2025-12-30	body	The Romans Invented The Swiss Army Knife
2025-12-30	body	M&Ms Fit For A President
2025-12-30	body	The Saturnalia Festival of Ancient Rome
2025-12-30	body	Spite Houses
2025-12-30	body	The Accidental Invention of the Kong Dog Toy
2025-12-30	body	IKEA’s $100,000,000 Fail
2025-12-30	body	The Seneca Effect
2025-12-23	body	click the link
2025-12-23	body	Apple In China by Patrick McGee
2025-12-23	body	Hacking the Human Mind by Michael Aaron Flicker & Richard Shotton
2025-12-23	body	The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck by Dr Christian Busch
2025-12-23	body	Endurance by Alfred Lansing
2025-12-23	body	The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
2025-12-23	body	Shoemaker by Joe Foster
2025-12-23	body	The Most Interesting Book in the World by Edward Brooke-Hitching
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	P.S. Come and join us today at 13:00 GMT, as we wrap up the year with our 42courses Christmas quiz
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	The Human Side of AI Podcast	A refreshingly sane conversation about using AI at work with two very smart AI practitioners.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	The Wild But True Story Of The Cocaine Bear	Sometimes, you come across a story so wild that it’s hard to believe it’s true. This is one of them.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	Everything Kevin Kelly Knows About Self-Publishing	Kevin is the founder of Wired magazine and a respected figure in the tech industry. His guide to publishing your own book is next level.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	Is The Dead Internet Theory Becoming True?	This lady has evidence to support it.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	42 Quotes On Copywriting	Inspiration for budding wordsmiths.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	What Are Your Personal Values?	Here’s why defining your personal values is so important.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	A Masterclass In How Not To Speak In Public	You’ve got to feel sorry for this guy, but there’s a lot to learn from him. (https://youtu.be/FK5UNNBPbgM)
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	You’ve got to feel sorry for this guy, but there’s a lot to learn from him.
2025-12-19	food-for-thought	Must Read Non-Fiction Coming Jan 2026	Some suggestions for planning your reading list for next year.
2025-12-16	body	In this brand-new, slightly experimental podcast
2025-12-16	body	episode, I sat down with two of my smartest AI practitioner friends, Dave Duarte
2025-12-16	body	and Conor McCarthy
2025-12-16	body	P.S. Come and join us this Thursday as we wrap up the year with our 42courses Christmas quiz
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	P.S. Come and join us as we wrap up the year with our 42courses Christmas quiz
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	Where AI Is Heading Over The Next 12 Months	Google is currently leading the AI arms race. Here’s the boss of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, on what’s coming in 2026.
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	Want To Start A Startup?	Watch this unmissable 15-minute guide on how to do it from the CEO of Y Combinator, the world-famous startup incubator that counts Airbnb, Coinbase, Dropbox, Reddit, and Stripe amongst its alumni.
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	Ships Made From Concrete	Due to steel shortages in WW1, the British built ships made out of concrete. Amazingly, some are still afloat today.
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	Give Me 99 Seconds and I’ll Make You Dangerously Good At AI	Not our words, but worth a watch.
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	The 2025 Contagious Creativity Wrap-Up	Contagious is a bit like the Cannes Film Festival. It helps agencies and brands supercharge their marketing by learning from the world’s most impactful brands, campaigns and trends. Read the end-of-year report on the best ideas of 2025.
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	Talented Much?	George Michael single-handedly wrote, produced, sang, and played every instrument on the smash hit ‘Last Christmas’, a song estimated to generate between £300,000 and £470,000 (approx. $380,000 – $600,000 USD) in royalties annually.
2025-12-12	food-for-thought	Amazon’s Goodreads Most Read Books of 2025	Looking for something to read over the holidays? Look no further.
2025-12-05	food-for-thought	The Gruen Effect	The designer of the first shopping malls imagined them as mixed-use spaces combining shops with libraries, housing, green areas, post offices, and medical services.
2025-12-05	food-for-thought	Is This The Weirdest Way To Win a Nobel Prize?	How Thomas Thwaites went to extreme lengths to explore the life of goats.
2025-12-05	food-for-thought	Cooking Food In A Public Bathhouse	In Marrakesh, people bring urns of meat stew to slow-cook in the bathhouse's oven as they steam-bathe.
2025-12-05	food-for-thought	How A Novelist Beat The FBI To Fingerprinting	Mark Twain wrote about fingerprints long before police used them to solve a murder with them in Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894). Scotland Yard didn’t start fingerprinting until 1901, and the FBI even later.
2025-12-05	food-for-thought	Working Hard But Not Successful?	You’ve probably been playing the game of life wrong.
2025-12-05	food-for-thought	The Stealing Thunder Technique	Why your lawyer admitting your guilt in court can be a good thing.
2025-12-05	on-this-day	Flash Gordon
2025-12-02	body	Thanks to Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	The man who has spent 27 years walking around the world.	He started at 29 and is now completing the final leg aged 56. He must have very sore feet.
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	The Batman Effect.	How the presence of someone dressed as the winged crusader makes people more prosocial.
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	When Steve Jobs was asked how it felt to be rich	. The iconic Apple chief on what it’s like to be worth $100 million by the age of 25.
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	The Secret Life and Art of Henry Darger.	The story of a prolific artist who worked in secrecy in a one-bedroom apartment and whose work was only discovered after his death in 1973.
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	The Eiffel Tower once served as a billboard for Citroen cars	. Between 1925 and 1934, the brand’s name appeared as a giant outdoor advertisement on one of the world’s most iconic structures.
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	16,000 drones. One incredible display in the sky.	Buckle up. You’re in for a visual feast.
2025-11-28	food-for-thought	British Troops on LSD.	An oldy but a goodie. The effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide on soldiers.
2025-11-28	on-this-day	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Would You Fly This Thing?	One Japanese man decided to build the plane of his dreams. Brave pills required.
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Google Gemini 3	Google’s latest AI model is pretty impressive. Here is an impartial write-up from Ethan Mollick (https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-years-from-gpt-3-to-gemini) , and the main link is to their official blog post. If you’ve not yet tried it, give it a go!
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Google’s latest AI model is pretty impressive. Here is an impartial write-up from Ethan Mollick	, and the main link is to their official blog post. If you’ve not yet tried it, give it a go!
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	11 Behaviours Punished In School But Rewarded In Adulthood	Success in adulthood is mostly about unlearning what you were taught at school.
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing	https://42courses-course-material.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Creative+Leadership/Jeff+Bezos+Last+Amazon+Shareholder+Letter.PNG- Our best non-fiction read of this year. An extraordinary tale of bravery, determination and leadership in one of the world’s harshest environments.
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Benedict Evans' latest AI Deck	This is one of those decks you need to read quick, it will give you a great strategic overview of the current world of AI.
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	5 Brilliant Examples of Wartime Creativity	War is bad. No doubt about it. However, it’s also a time of great creativity.
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Benjamin Franklin’s Apron Club	Members were avid readers and intellectuals involved in their individual improvement and that of society. The club spearheaded many public projects, including the first lending library, the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Hospital.
2025-11-21	food-for-thought	Environmental Pioneer	Since 2017, Bhutan has been the world’s only carbon-negative country. Here’s how they did it.
2025-11-21	on-this-day	The 41 male passengers aboard the Mayflower
2025-11-21	on-this-day	The movie Rocky
2025-11-21	on-this-day	Publication of Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?
2025-11-21	on-this-day	Michael Jackson’s 14-minute music video for Thriller
2025-11-21	on-this-day	Pharrell Williams released Happy
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	An Underground Playground	A space for kids to enjoy themselves, created deep below the surface in an old WW2 oil tank. Because why not?
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	The 500-Year-Old Secret to Grow Wealth	The Japanese are full of wisdom. Here’s their take on building wealth from quite a long time ago!
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	Insects Taste A Lot Better Than You Think	Cockroaches taste like mushrooms, the mealybug tastes like fried potato, and the stinkbug tastes like an apple.
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	How To Choose The Right AI Model For Your Task	A helpful article ranking the current AI models based on what you want them to do.
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	Jeff Bezos’ Last Amazon Shareholder Letter	The billionaire founder of the online everything store stepped down as CEO in 2021. Here’s his parting wisdom.
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	Warren Buffett’s Last Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter	When the wisdom of one billionaire isn’t enough….
2025-11-14	food-for-thought	How To Be Creative Without Taking Drugs	Interesting short essay on 12 tips for coming up with breakthrough ideas.
2025-11-14	on-this-day	Apollo 12
2025-11-14	on-this-day	Sebastian Vettel won the 2010 Formula One
2025-11-11	body	Bureaucratic Sabotage
2025-11-11	body	The Porridge-Powered Glider
2025-11-11	body	The Ultimate Body Double
2025-11-11	body	The Ship-Shifting Island
2025-11-11	body	The Plague That Wasn't
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	The Japanese Secret To Becoming Calmer And Happier	Why we all need a bit more ‘Ichigo Ichie’ in our lives.
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	Is Overstimulation Making Us Dumber?	Cal Newport shares recent studies suggesting so.
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	The Underwater Winery	What sounds like a bad idea actually has many benefits.
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	The Mindblowing Shell Grotto	A man digging in his garden accidentally uncovered a 70-foot underground tunnel made from 4.6 million shells.
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	And They Call It Puppy Love	How a kitten goes from scared to in love with an Alaskan malamute puppy. Caution: High cuteness alert.
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	The Four Inch Flight	The first rocket launch of NASA's human spaceflight program failed after only 2 seconds, flying to an altitude of just 4 inches (10 cm)!
2025-11-07	food-for-thought	Taiwanese Rubbish Trucks Play Classical Music	You thought it was only ice cream trucks that played Für Elise. You were wrong.
2025-11-07	on-this-day	My favourite Christmas film, Elf
2025-11-04	body	Brian Eno’s ‘Oblique Strategy’ Cards
2025-11-04	body	The S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Technique
2025-11-04	body	The Disney Method
2025-11-04	body	Edward de Bono’s ‘Provocative Operation’ Method
2025-11-04	body	Mind Mapping
2025-11-04	body	Six Thinking Hats
2025-10-31	body	earn about Steve Jobs’ take on AI, M&Ms fit for a president, the biggest Tour de France cheats, the best sabotage tactic
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	Frankenstein Ads for Halloween	7 of the best adverts featuring the monster, Frankenstein.
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	Steve Jobs’ Take On AI	Way back in 1995, the visionary tech genius shared his thoughts on computer intelligence.
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	42courses Podcast: The Simple Secret to Better Health?	In our latest podcast, Chris Read drops some fabulous knowledge bombs about health.
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	The Best Sabotage Tactic Of All Time	https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-early-spy-manual-that-turned-bad-middle-management-into-an-espionage-tactic- Drown them in corporate (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-early-spy-manual-that-turned-bad-middle-management-into-an-espionage-tactic) bureaucracy.
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	Can’t Afford A Holiday Abroad?	This app will sell you pictures of one. Dystopian much?
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	The Biggest Tour de France Cheats	Since the very first race in 1903, the world-famous cycling event has been a hotbed of trickery and deception.
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	Want To Become Rich?	Then learn to pay attention.
2025-10-31	food-for-thought	M&Ms Fit For A President	The commander-in-chief version of one of the world’s most popular chocolate snacks.
2025-10-31	on-this-day	Michelangelo’s finished painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
2025-10-31	on-this-day	Birthday of romantic poet John Keats
2025-10-31	on-this-day	Queen releases “Bohemian Rhapsody
2025-10-31	on-this-day	Bon Jovi releases “Livin’ on a Prayer.
2025-10-28	body	Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense
2025-10-28	body	Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
2025-10-28	body	Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behaviour
2025-10-28	body	Small Change: Money Mishaps and How to Avoid Them
2025-10-28	body	The Choice Factory: 25 Behavioural Biases That Influence What We Buy
2025-10-24	body	Weekend Reads, you’ll learn all about the new AI browser, why 2025 could be the single most pivotal year in our lifetime
2025-10-24	food-for-thought	Whose Using What When It Comes To AI Models	This handy guide from AI legend Ethan Mollick shows what people use AI for, and tells you the best model to use for each use case.
2025-10-24	food-for-thought	A 101-year-old Who Works 6 Days A Week Shares Her Life Advice	Here’s a lady who clearly isn’t interested in early retirement! (https://currencynews.co.za/why-smart-people-struggle-with-investing/)
2025-10-24	food-for-thought	Here’s a lady who clearly isn’t interested in early retirement!
2025-10-24	food-for-thought	How To Beat Wall St	Competition is fierce in the financial markets, so companies look for any edge over their rivals. Like using satellite imagery to monitor car parking spaces outside retailers.
2025-10-24	food-for-thought	The world feels like it’s on the cusp of great change. This video attempts to explain why.
2025-10-24	food-for-thought	The History Of The Chequered Pattern Used on Police Cars	A clue? It’s something to do with Scotland.
2025-10-24	body	63-year-old Annie  Edson Taylor
2025-10-24	body	The George Washington Bridg
2025-10-24	on-this-day	First photo of Earth from space
2025-10-24	on-this-day	Last Commercial Flight
2025-10-21	body	The halo effect
2025-10-17	food-for-thought	The Man Who Spent 70 Years Making A Matchstick Royal Navy	If this isn’t a brilliant example of human creativity, talent and persistence, then we don’t know what is!
2025-10-17	food-for-thought	How Being Delusional Helps You Succeed	It’s one of life’s great paradoxes, but it seems that having an unrealistic view of your abilities is what you need for success.
2025-10-17	food-for-thought	Futtitinni: The Sicilian Life Advice You Need To Know About	You’ve probably heard of ikigai and hygge, but this is some Italian philosophy to add to the mix. That, or it’s a type of pasta.
2025-10-17	food-for-thought	Why Smart People Struggle With Investing	https://currencynews.co.za/why-smart-people-struggle-with-investing/- Even the brightest investors fall prey to the behaviour gap, the costly impact of human instincts on financial decisions. Read on for how to avoid it.
2025-10-17	food-for-thought	AI Articles Eclipse Those Written By Humans	Not only are there more bots using the internet than humans, but now there’s more content written by bots too. So it’s basically bots reading stuff created by other bots. Weird.
2025-10-17	food-for-thought	Just An Old Guy That Digs Brushes	We’re big believers that anything becomes interesting the more you look at it. Like hairbrushes, for example…
2025-10-14	body	What’s worse, it was found to contain high levels of bromate
2025-10-14	body	In 1986, Apple launched their own lifestyle collection/clothing line
2025-10-14	body	In the early 1980s, Clairol thought yoghurt would sound nourishing
2025-10-14	body	Colgate tried expanding from oral care into ready meals, launching a line of frozen Colgate ‘Kitchen Entrees.
2025-10-14	body	he UK’s most prolific serial killer, with the headline ‘Life insurance: Because you never know who your doctor might be.
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	Is AI slop killing the internet?	Why the 'dead internet' theory might soon become a reality.
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	Britain’s fart-powered street lamps	No, it’s not a joke. These Edwardian-era streetlights, powered by flatulence, remain in use.
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	What exactly is a Disney ‘Weenie’’?	All the clever ways Disney designs your environment to shape your experience.
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	Demystifying the pricing problem	Is this the best guide to the dark art of pricing? Probably.
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	42 fun facts about Ben & Jerry’s ice cream	We recommend devouring these nuggets with a tub of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	Go Ask Alice	The widely popular made-up diary of a drug-addicted teen, written by a youth counsellor in her 50s and inspired by the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit".
2025-10-10	food-for-thought	Clickity-Clack	The train engineer who built a secret underground railway under his house.
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	Sora 2 Is Here!	OpenAI’s latest video generation app, Sora 2, brings sound and the ability to add yourself or your friends into any scene (https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/) 🎥
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	penAI’s latest video generation app, Sora 2, brings sound and the ability to add yourself or your friends into any scene
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	The Ultimate Way To Relax	Studies show that watching a beaver eat cabbage lowers stress by 17% (https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/) . This is what the internet was made for 🦫
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	The Cheese Bank of Italy	If you’re a Parmesan maker in northern Italy, you can get a cash advance by baking your cheese. Yes, really! (https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/) 🏦🧀
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	Check Out Australia’s Hottest Golf Course	In a remote part of Australia, it’s too hot to play golf during the day. The solution? Playing the game at night using glow-in-the-dark golf balls (https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/) 🏌️
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	Strange Books Found In The Bodleian Library	(https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/) Fancy reading a book made from mushrooms or one made from cheese? You’ve come to the right place 📚
2025-10-03	food-for-thought	The Great Salad Oil Swindle	In 1963, a conman named Anthony “Tino” De Angelis nearly brought down the New York Stock Exchange by faking the amount of soybean oil he had stored in his warehouses (https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/) 🥗
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	How People Really Use ChatGPT	How do you use your AI assistant?
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	Use This Tool To Make Better Prompts	Turn lazy prompts into killer prompts with this amazing prompt-building tool.
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	30 Years of Productivity Advice in 12 minutes	Best-selling author Dan Pink gives you the rundown on what really works when it comes to getting things done.
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	The Best Pop Science Books of 2025	The Royal Society shares their top five picks.
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	Was this WW2’s most elaborate plan?	A corpse with a fake identity, a submarine and a hoodwinked enemy.
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	Did you know the vending machine is 2,000 years old?	Ok, so it dispensed holy
2025-09-26	food-for-thought	Oh, and the Romans invented the Swiss Army knife, too!	So much of what’s new is actually old.
2025-09-23	body	yes, the same one behind Marketing Week’s brilliant Mini MBA programme
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	Watch What Happens When a Portrait Artist Takes LSD	Mind-altering drugs have long been associated with creative experimentation. It certainly appears to be the case here! (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	Mind-altering drugs have long been associated with creative experimentation. It certainly appears to be the case here!
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	The World’s 20 Scariest Animals	Word of warning: Don’t keep any of these as house pets. (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	Why You’re Smart, But Not Successful	Why does it seem that people with half your IQ are ten times as successful? The answers lie in this video. (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?	The origin of silo, granular, circle back, quick win, run it up the flagpole, and hold a goat rodeo. Ok, so we may have made some of those up, but they could easily be part of the jargon. (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	True Scale of a Billion and Trillion Dollars Compared	A million dollars is a serious amount of money for nearly every human on the planet. This visual depiction of a billion and a trillion dollars in cash is mind-blowing. (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	US Marines Outwit An AI Defence System	Oops! A troop of soldiers easily outmanoeuvred a state-of-the-art AI programme explicitly designed to detect human movement. (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-18	food-for-thought	Studies show that watching a beaver eat cabbage lowers stress by 17%	This is what the internet was made for. (https://youtu.be/-bGcMAqE6jQ)
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	8 Insane Nano Banana Use Cases	Nano Banana is the new AI kid on the block. What other use cases can you think of?
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	Lady Gaga’s Secret to Creativity	Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Lady Gaga. But do you know her secret to her creative success? (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Lady Gaga. But do you know her secret to her creative success?
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	Mental Models vs. Frameworks	Do you know the difference between the two? We didn’t.
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	The Dog Toy Inspired By An Old Camper Van’s Suspension	Afascinating backstory to the origin of one of the most popular dog toys in the world. It involves a mechanic, an incessant-chewing German Shepherd and a 1960s VW camper van. (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	The First Person To Be Diagnosed With Autism	It’s a well-known form of neurodiversity today, but it’s only (relatively) recently been made official. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Triplett)
2025-09-12	food-for-thought	Why Risk-Takers Win	What unites Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, professional gamblers and Wall Street financiers? They’re all risk takers. But not in the way you might think.
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	10 Principles for a Better Life	Make your life immeasurably better by following these ‘rules’. (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	Make your life immeasurably better by following these ‘rules’.
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	Powerful AI is Getting Cheaper and Easier to Access	What once cost hundreds of dollars a month is now available to everyone. Are we entering an era of mass intelligence? (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	2000 Years Ago We Had Automatic Doors, Vending Machines and Self-Healing Concrete	The Roman Empire was a hotbed of innovation and mind-blowingly ahead of its time. (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	Strategy In The Era of AI	A handy guide to making the best use of AI for strategic decision-making. (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	Put Down Your Phone And Embrace Boredom	You can only access the amazing benefits of your brain’s ‘default mode network’ in a bored state. So put that phone away, dammit! (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/why-have-i-been-hoarding-39674-emails)
2025-09-05	food-for-thought	When You Really, Really, Enjoy Complaining	How one person filed 23,000 complaints to Dublin Airport in one year.
2025-09-02	body	A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2025-09-02	body	Harvard Study of Adult Development
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	Delete Emails, Save Water	How cleaning out your inbox saves the most precious resource. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-examples-of-criminal-creativity)
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	How cleaning out your inbox saves the most precious resource.
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	Why You Never Duck Your Head Entering A Helicopter	If you know, you know. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-examples-of-criminal-creativity)
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	White Wedding Dresses Weren’t Always A Thing	The colour that’s become synonymous with marriage wasn’t traditionally popular. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-examples-of-criminal-creativity)
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	The University of Dyslexic Thinking	When a third of the world’s entrepreneurs are dyslexic, isn’t it time we learnt how to think this way? (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-examples-of-criminal-creativity)
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	What Is The Doorman Fallacy?	Why you should think twice about removing something. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-examples-of-criminal-creativity) h/t Rory Sutherland
2025-08-29	food-for-thought	21 Life-Changing Books Summarised in 18 minutes	Best-selling author Daniel Pink breaks down his most recommended books. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-examples-of-criminal-creativity)
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	Finding ChatGPT-5 a downgrade from ChatGPT-4?	The response to ChatGPT-5 has been a bit ho-hum. Level up your GPT-5 game with these skills. (https://www.imagerelay.com/blog/oldest-logos-that-still-exist-today)
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	The response to ChatGPT-5 has been a bit ho-hum. Level up your GPT-5 game with these skills.
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	Criminal Inspiration	Creativity is everywhere, not least amongst the criminal fraternity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luYPeUe_4mA) :
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	Creativity is everywhere, not least amongst the criminal fraternity
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	Jones’ Big Ass Truck Rental & Storage™	Now this is how you do advertising. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oil_Sniffer_Hoax)
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	Now this is how you do advertising.
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	The Guy Who Put A Shark Through His Roof	The Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon, but it was put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-great-nudges-you-probably-havent-heard-of)
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	rk, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon, but it was put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it.
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	IKEA Heights	This spoof soap opera was filmed covertly in IKEA. It happened in 2009, and it’s as mad as it sounds. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/5-great-nudges-you-probably-havent-heard-of)
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	Is This The Greatest Marketing Stunt Of All Time?	That one time someone dared to tag the US President’s jet, Air Force One. (https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1m87dq9/til_in_1816_the_united_states_built_a_fort_to/)
2025-08-22	food-for-thought	That one time someone dared to tag the US President’s jet, Air Force One.
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	The Oldest Logos Still In Use Today	How many of them do you recognise?
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	Why Lufthansa Is Still Flying 747s Against All Logic	When most airlines have retired their ageing 747s, Lufthansa maintains the largest active passenger fleet of them and is betting on their future. Interesting strategic thinking case study.
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	How A French Oil Giant Fell For A $80 million Scam	ELF spent enormous sums developing a new gravity wave-based oil detection system, later revealed to be a scam. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJUn5ZRCEXamUuAOpJ5VyTb0PA5_Pqlzw)
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	ELF spent enormous sums developing a new gravity wave-based oil detection system, later revealed to be a scam.
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	Why Good Intentions Don’t Solve Problems	Sometimes, when you’re trying to solve one problem, you create another. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oil_Sniffer_Hoax)
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	5 Great Nudges You Might Not Know	(https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/creativity/how-a-3-year-old-helped-to-invent-the-polaroid-camera) Giving nightclubbers lollipops, embedding toys in soap to encourage hand washing, removing bins to prevent house burglaries and more. (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/creativity/how-a-3-year-old-helped-to-invent-the-polaroid-camera)
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	lubbers lollipops, embedding toys in soap to encourage hand washing, removing bins to prevent house burglaries and more.
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	How To Overcome Your Mistakes	(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY2C4YgXm7I) We all make mistakes. Here’s how to better overcome them. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY2C4YgXm7I)
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	We all make mistakes. Here’s how to better overcome them.
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	Why This Polish City Uses Clams To Help Measure Its Water Quality	(https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1m87dq9/til_in_1816_the_united_states_built_a_fort_to/) How these edible bivalve molluscs act as an early warning system for contaminants. (https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1m87dq9/til_in_1816_the_united_states_built_a_fort_to/)
2025-08-14	food-for-thought	How these edible bivalve molluscs act as an early warning system for contaminants.
2025-08-12	body	And a whopping 80% use a serif typeface
2025-08-12	body	Crazy Days
2025-08-12	body	Many luxury car brands employ sound engineers
2025-08-12	body	Finally, research at Oxford University
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	GPT-5 Early Review	Our favourite AI chap, Ethan Mollick, shares a non-biased early review of GPT-5 and what you should expect! (It’s rolling out worldwide now)
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	Steve Jobs on Failure	One of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs speaks his mind.
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	The World’s Longest Film	(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU) Clocking in at 35 days and 17 hours long, you’ll need a gargantuan-sized box of popcorn and a few litres of coffee to get through it.
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	Mary-Lee, The Great White Shark That Saved A Company	OCEARCH was on the brink of bankruptcy until it found this majestic ocean creature.
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	How A Three-Year-Old Helped Invent the Polaroid Camera	One innocent question created a photographic revolution.
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	Evasive Driving Nannies	Need a nanny trained in self-defence and evasive driving techniques? This long-established company has the answer.
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	Spite Houses	Exactly what it sounds like, buildings deliberately built to upset your neighbours.
2025-08-08	food-for-thought	Why Shouting A Friend Can Make You Happier Than Splitting The Bill	New research suggests the way you approach splitting upfront costs could have some surprising impacts.
2025-08-05	body	Source: How a simple design tweak helps prevent subway deaths
2025-08-05	body	Source: Dandad Awards
2025-08-05	body	Source: The Science of Selling
2025-08-05	body	Source: Why Did The Policeman Cross The Road?
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	Ever Wondered What 275,000 Dominoes Toppled In A Row Would Look Like?	Somebody answered the question for you and won a Guinness World Record in the process.
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	A Beautiful Demonstration of The Power of Words	Watch how a kind stranger helps a blind beggar receive much more change.
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	Do You Have Productivity Dysmorphia?	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_HeistWhy do we find it so difficult to acknowledge our own success.
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	In 1908, You Could Buy An Entire House From This Shipping Catalogue	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_HeistWhy go to the trouble of building a house when you can order it in the mail?
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	The 8 Different Types of Intelligence	There’s more than way to demonstrate that you’re smart.
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	That Time The US Accidentally Built A Fort In Canada	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_HeistWhen you’re trying to protect yourself from another country you might want to build you defences on your own land.
2025-08-01	food-for-thought	Bots Now Make Up The Majority of All Internet Traffic	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_HeistSince April this year, there are now more bots surfing the web than humans.
2025-07-29	body	HELP ME UNLOCK GREATER PRICING POWER
2025-07-25	body	nce the 1990s? How do you arrest a bunch of wanted criminals at the same time? Is this the next thing in pizza delivery?
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	Forgery Experts Explain 5 Ways To Spot A Fake	Ready to buy a Van Gogh for your partner’s birthday, but something’s giving you the ick? These gentlemen have got you covered. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	Why Have Global Crime Rates Halved Since The 1990s?	The short answer: Nobody really knows, although there are some good theories. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	How Do You Get To The Top Of The Job Application Pile?	Send in only half your resume, of course! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	How To Speed Learn Like A CIA Spy	Speed up your studying pace by following these tips. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	The 1990 Michigan Wedding Sting	How do you arrest a bunch of wanted criminals at the same time? Invite them to a wedding, of course. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	The Way To Spot Fake AI Photos	It’s getting harder and harder to spot what’s real and what’s not online. Some top tips on not falling for misleading visuals. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-25	food-for-thought	Is This The Next Thing In Pizza Delivery?	Forget a spotty teenager delivering your hot, cheesy meal; it’s all about the robot dogs now. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist)
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist	Why steal gold when you can steal something sweet and treacly? Yummy.
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	The WW2 Japanese General Who Imprisoned Himself	When you think the sentence handed down to you is too light.
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	How Not To Be Stupid	Plenty of smart people make poor decisions. Here’s how to avoid it.
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	The Bizarre Camouflage That Saved Warships	Dazzle camouflage was an outrageous and bold new design inspired by the likes of Pablo Picasso.
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	20 Things You Might Not Know Were Invented By Women	Dishwashers, Kevlar, Windscreen wipers and more.
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	Will This AI Web Browser Kill Google Chrome?	AI is moving at a rapid pace and we’re moving from traditional ‘search’ engines to AI ‘answer’ bots.
2025-07-18	food-for-thought	How companies and leaders should be thinking about AI	Need an AI strategy? Here are some top tips from an expert.
2025-07-15	body	To learn more about this topic, we recommend reading de Bono’s Lateral Thinking
2025-07-15	food-for-thought	ICYMI - In this episode of the 42courses podcast, former CNN anchor and author of What’s Up with Women and Money	, Alison Kosik, opens up about her own financial journey and why money talk still feels taboo for so many.
2025-07-11	food-for-thought	The Genius Design of Narco Submarines	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp84sRpM1JsWhat’s the best way to ply your drugs if you’re a South American cartel boss? Why, by submarine of course! But not just any submarine.
2025-07-11	food-for-thought	The Woman Who Lived On A Cruise Ship	Can’t afford a mortgage, and rents are too high? Why not try making your home on a floating palace instead?
2025-07-11	food-for-thought	The Craziest Prison Escapes Ever	10 of the most audacious and creative prison escapes explained in 10 minutes. Which is your favourite?
2025-07-11	food-for-thought	Do You Know The Best AI Use Cases?	21 Things You Should Be Using AI For...
2025-07-11	food-for-thought	Making Music That Truly Sucks	Did you know the rock band Aerosmith had a weekly 'Dare to Suck' session which resulted in the starting points for some of their greatest songs?
2025-07-11	food-for-thought	North Korea’s 28 State-Approved Haircuts	Do any of them have red carpet appeal? Probably not.
2025-07-08	body	BTW, this video
2025-07-08	body	In this episode of the 42courses podcast, former CNN anchor and author of What’s Up with Women and Money
2025-07-04	food-for-thought	The Best Croissant In Paris	When is the best time to hunt down the best croissant in Paris? During the riots of course!
2025-07-04	food-for-thought	What Happens If It Rains Bananas?	Spoiler: It’s not good news.
2025-07-04	food-for-thought	What Is The Single Most Important Factor For Your Happiness?	A newly published Danish happiness study provides answers to the universal question: What makes us happy?
2025-07-04	food-for-thought	Did You Know Bill Gates Has A Gold McDonald’s Card?	The Microsoft founder has a gold card that entitles him to a free McDonald’s anywhere in the world. Like he needs to save the cash.
2025-07-04	food-for-thought	Pepsi Once Marketed A Morning Cola	Struggle with getting out of bed in the morning? Why not grab yourself a Pepsi AM with 25% more caffeine!
2025-07-04	body	now up on their YT channel. Our favourites: Roger L. Martin’s talk ‘Power and Paralysis: Why Hierarchies Hate Innovation
2025-07-04	body	, Maz Farrelly’s talk on ‘How to get people to do exactly what you want
2025-07-04	body	and, of course, Rory’s key note
2025-07-01	body	Chris recently appeared on the Fat Tony’s podcast
2025-07-01	body	TAKE ME TO THE GUIDE
2025-06-27	food-for-thought	What’s featured? How about Every Espionage Technique Explained In 8 Mins	, 34 Scarcity Marketing Examples To Skyrocket Your Conversion (https://optinmonster.com/scarcity-examples-to-boost-your-conversions/) s, Why As A Smart Person You’ll Live Longer, and more…
2025-06-27	food-for-thought	, 34 Scarcity Marketing Examples To Skyrocket Your Conversion	s, Why As A Smart Person You’ll Live Longer, and more…
2025-06-27	food-for-thought	Why Smarter People Live Longer	An empirical study suggests that the smarter you are, the more years you’re likely to live. But why?
2025-06-27	food-for-thought	10 Mental Models For Creative Thinking	Facing the tyranny of the blank page? Got the mother-of-all creative blocks? Here are 10 ways to help you unlock your best ideas.
2025-06-27	food-for-thought	Do You Suffer From ‘Change Blindness’?	Would you fall for this simple experiment?
2025-06-27	on-this-day	First nuclear power station
2025-06-27	on-this-day	World's first ATM
2025-06-24	food-for-thought	Day 1 - Pharma, Health and Wellness, Audio and Radio, & Print and Outdoor
2025-06-24	food-for-thought	Industry Craft, Entertainment, Entertainment Lion for Gaming, Entertainment Lion for Music, Entertainment Lion for Sport
2025-06-24	food-for-thought	Day 3 - PR, Media, Creative B2B and Data
2025-06-24	food-for-thought	Day 4 - Brand Experience, Innovation, Creative Strategy, Business Transformation, and Effectiveness
2025-06-24	food-for-thought	Day 5 - Glass Lions for Change, Titanium, Film and Sustainable Development
2025-06-24	food-for-thought	Caption with Intention by FCB Chicago	/ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
2025-06-20	food-for-thought	Cannes Lions 2025 Awards - Day 1	Day one delivered a roaring start, with Grand Prix winners crowned in Pharma, Health and Wellness, Audio and Radio, as well as Print and Outdoor.
2025-06-20	food-for-thought	Cannes Lions 2025 Awards - Day 2	Find out who took home glory in the following categories: Digital Craft and Design, Industry Craft, Entertainment, Entertainment Lion for Gaming, Entertainment Lion for Music and the Entertainment Lion for Sport.
2025-06-20	food-for-thought	Cannes Lions 2025 Awards - Day 3	Congratulations to the winners of PR, Media, Creative B2B and Data categories. Yes, even B2B advertising and data can be creative!
2025-06-20	food-for-thought	The Most Mind-Blowing Coincidences In History	The Japanese man who survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, the Italian family struck by lightening three times, the twin brothers who passed away in the same way a year apart…
2025-06-20	food-for-thought	Watch Hundreds Of Robots Move An Entire Chinese City Block	This time-lapse video of a whole block of houses being moved in one go is mind-blowing.
2025-06-20	food-for-thought	Railway employees jailed for building secret apartments inside train stations	Quite possibly the most creative thing we’ve seen recently. And it’s not even advertising!
2025-06-17	body	To get you in the mood, here are our predictions
2025-06-17	body	Oh, and hot off the press we have the winners from the 1st day.
2025-06-17	body	ng to the festival for the first time, check out our 10 Tips for Maximising Your Experience at the Cannes Lions Festival
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	Cannes Lions 2025 Best Ads Predictions	We picked ten top campaigns that we think will be lugging home a Lion this year.
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	Why Everything is Making you Feel Bored	If attention is the new currency, focus is wealth.
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	How A Daring Heist Made The Mona Lisa Famous	(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq60I5RSW8) The world’s most famous painting wasn’t always so popular.
2025-06-13	body	m/short-history-of/how-a-daring-heist-made-the-mona-lisa-the-most-famous-painting-in-the-worldAI and Tech Trends Report
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	The Only Time In Sport’s History A Dead Person Won A Race	How an Irish jockey won despite dying of a heart attack during the race.
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	The Grocery Store That Sells Watermelons For $72 Each	If you want to save money on your weekly food shop then best to avoid this store in Barrow, Alaska
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	42 Laws You Should Know	Hofstadter’s Law, Brook’s Law, Hick’s Law and more. Part one in a series about ‘laws’ you might not have heard of.
2025-06-13	food-for-thought	Cryptocurrency Explained Using Bananas	Still confused about Bitcoin and meme coins? A helpful monkey explains all using bananas.
2025-06-13	on-this-day	Birth of William Butler Yeats
2025-06-13	on-this-day	Emile Levassor
2025-06-13	on-this-day	by German prosecutors over diesel emissions scandal
2025-06-10	body	Shane Parrish, the founder of the excellent blog fsblog.com
2025-06-10	body	Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
2025-06-10	body	Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
2025-06-10	body	Hyperfocus: How to Work Less and Achieve More
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	team
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	This New Colour Is So Rare That Only Five People Have Seen It	Researchers
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	Humans Overcoming Mind-Blowing Challenges	A woman sitting in wet concrete till it sets, a guy challenging a Gorilla to a fight, and someone jumping out of a plane without a parachute. But is it all as it seems?
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	How Nuclear Flies Protect You from Flesh-Eating Parasites	Yep, you read that correctly.
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	Is AI Eating The World?	Respected tech industry reporter Benedict Evans’ latest presentation on where we are now with AI.
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	What The Heck Is ‘Bikeshedding’?	Why we spend more time focused on trivial decisions than the ones that really matter.
2025-06-06	food-for-thought	Why The Modern Baby Buggy Owes Its Existence To A WW2 Fighter Plane	How the Spitfire’s undercarriage became the inspiration for the collapsible buggy.
2025-06-06	on-this-day	The Ashmolean Museum
2025-06-06	on-this-day	Tetris
2025-05-30	food-for-thought	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-05-30	food-for-thought	How To Ride The Shifting Tide Of AI.	AI is moving at breakneck speed, and if you're not paying attention, you're already behind.
2025-05-30	food-for-thought	How To Remember What You Read.	Frustrated by the fact that you can't retain all the great stuff you read? Here's how to solve that problem.
2025-05-30	food-for-thought	Is This The Ultimate Productivity Hack?	Want to know the secret to getting more done? Then read on.
2025-05-30	food-for-thought	Nike's Original Manifesto.	The philosophy behind the $90 billion sportsware company. From 1977.
2025-05-30	food-for-thought	Top 10 Personal Finance Tips	. Get your finances under control with these helpful pointers.
2025-05-30	on-this-day	American motorcycle daredevil Robert Evel Knievel's
2025-05-30	on-this-day	The Beatles begin work on their only double album, "The Beatles"- popularly known as "The White Album".
2025-05-27	body	It marked Towel Day
2025-05-27	body	It all stems from a fantastic book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
2025-05-27	body	articularly The Consuming Instinct: What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature
2025-05-27	body	Here are The Six Most Creative Nudges According To Scientists.
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	The 5 Laws of Human Stupidity.	Professor of Economic History Carlo Cipolla’s law is often used to highlight the importance of critical thinking and careful decision-making in order to counteract the dangers of stupidity.
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	OpenAI & Johnny Ive team up	. The man behind the iPhone, iPad and iMac has sold his design company, io, for $6.5bn (one heck on an investment in creativity!). They aim to launch a mystery AI product in late 2026 that will be a new part of our everyday lives!
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	Where are we now?	The 10 Stages of AI Explained In 10 Minutes.
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	Property prices gone mad.	How Tokyo property prices in the 1980s reached such absurd levels that the land beneath the Imperial Palace was briefly worth more than the entire state of California!
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	Is this what's keeping you from making better decisions?	If you're keen to improve your decision-making skills, it’s time to get yourself a decision journal.
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	Would you be happy with a nuclear-powered pacemaker powering your ticker?	As recently as last year, a U.S. resident with a plutonium pacemaker was known to be alive. They were phased out in 1988 when battery-powered versions became more reliable.
2025-05-23	food-for-thought	The worst time in history to be born.	You think modern life sucks? Well, it’s a heck of a lot better than yesteryear.
2025-05-23	on-this-day	Benjamin Franklin
2025-05-23	on-this-day	1st automobile trip across US
2025-05-23	on-this-day	Horror film "The Shining
2025-05-23	on-this-day	Marco Siffredi
2025-05-20	body	Antifragile
2025-05-16	body	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-05-16	food-for-thought	The CIA method for making quick decisions under stress	. Learn how a former covert CIA intelligence officer stays calm in high-stakes situations.
2025-05-16	food-for-thought	I spent £12,000 chasing happiness – here's what I found.	Save yourself the cash and read this post instead.
2025-05-16	food-for-thought	13 signs you used ChatGPT	. An explainer for what your Spidey senses are telling you when you read some AI-generated text!
2025-05-16	food-for-thought	Why self-help books suck.	Some advice on advice.
2025-05-09	body	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-05-09	food-for-thought	Study shows Dad jokes serve a higher purpose than making us cringe	. No excuse needed now when cracking bad puns. Have at it! 😹
2025-05-09	food-for-thought	My miserable week in the happiest country on Earth.	Does the annual World Happiness Report measure the wrong stuff?
2025-05-09	food-for-thought	Interview with master documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog.	If you're interested in film and the genius that is Werner Herzog, you'll enjoy this 60 Minutes interview.
2025-05-09	food-for-thought	The early pitch decks of 29 startups before they became billion-dollar companies.	Amazing what a few PowerPoint slides are worth! 🫢
2025-05-09	food-for-thought	The very first Nike 'Just Do It' ad.	Some thirty years and $86 billion later. One of the most successful taglines of all time.
2025-05-09	on-this-day	Christopher Columbus
2025-05-09	on-this-day	British codebreakers at Bletchley Park
2025-05-09	on-this-day	Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo
2025-05-09	on-this-day	Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow
2025-05-06	body	Download my 'Simple Rules for Business'.PDF
2025-05-02	body	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-05-02	food-for-thought	How a Japanese student achieved an ‘A’ grade on her essay despite turning in a blank page.	The ultimate example of when the pupil becomes the master? 🥷
2025-05-02	food-for-thought	Why do some landlocked countries still have navies?	When you think government spending couldn’t get any more absurd...but there’s a catch.
2025-05-02	food-for-thought	A meteorologist named Sarah Blizzard, a police officer named Rob Banks, and a Belgian footballer named Mark de Man.	These are real people, not made-up names, so what’s going on here? 🤔
2025-05-02	food-for-thought	Is this the funniest letter of recommendation ever?	Listen to the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor read a hilarious letter of recommendation, written by the president of Pendleton Tool & Die Company, about an unusual employee. Guaranteed mirth!
2025-05-02	food-for-thought	Declassified: T	https://www.military.com/history/cias-heart-attack-gun-cold-war-weapon-targeted-assassinations.htmlhe CIA’s top-secret ‘Heart-Attack’ gun. The US government agency developed a gun that silently fired frozen shellfish toxin pellets up to 100 meters away, killing victims in minutes. 🔫
2025-05-02	on-this-day	Arthur Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for his play "Death of a Salesman
2025-05-02	on-this-day	British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II
2025-05-02	on-this-day	The first film in the Marvel
2025-05-02	on-this-day	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
2025-04-29	body	Case history: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Case study: HERE
2025-04-29	body	See the case history HERE
2025-04-29	body	See the ad: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Case study: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Ed’s TV commercial: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Title: The First Ad Ever Interrupted By A Movie
2025-04-29	body	Case study: HERE
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2025-04-29	body	Case study: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Video: HERE
2025-04-29	body	An Inside Look: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Case study: HERE
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2025-04-29	body	See the social video: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Case study: HERE
2025-04-29	body	Here’s “Blind Footballer
2025-04-29	body	See the ad: HERE
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2025-04-29	body	See the ad: HERE
2025-04-29	body	His website is HERE
2025-04-25	body	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	Have you mastered the art of the prompt?	Exciting news! Google have recently released their prompt engineering handbook. It's well worth a read, but you might want to grab a cup of coffee beforehand. ☕
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	Using a video game to avoid censorship.	In many countries around the world, governments censor the news, resulting in the truth being buried. The solution? Creating a virtual library in the video game Minecraft that stores all the censored articles as books for anyone to access.
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	The secret psychological trick the CIA uses to make people talk.	Auric Goldfinger said, "We have ways of making you talk, Mr Bond". However, his methods weren't quite as subtle!
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	Want to make your B2B business sing?	Don't miss these tips on optimising your landing page. Great stuff as ever from fronterabrands.com (https://fronterabrands.com/)
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	Don't miss these tips on optimising your landing page. Great stuff as ever from fronterabrands.com
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	Is this the ultimate book list?	We love reading, as I'm sure you do. The downside? There isn't enough time to get through everything! Blas Moros has curated a comprehensive list of over 800 books, each accompanied by summaries and key takeaways. Like Blinkist.com (https://www.blinkist.com/) but free. 😉
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	s has curated a comprehensive list of over 800 books, each accompanied by summaries and key takeaways. Like Blinkist.com	but free. 😉
2025-04-25	food-for-thought	A FREE mental models guide to supercharge your creativity.	ICYMI - please avail yourself of a copy of our 10 mental models guide to help you create breakthrough ideas. It's time to say goodbye to the blank page.
2025-04-25	on-this-day	1953 Francis Crick
2025-04-25	on-this-day	and James Watson
2025-04-25	on-this-day	The Hubble Space Telescope
2025-04-18	body	Not the chocolate treats, although those are pretty delicious too, but the little secrets left in media
2025-04-18	body	Chris & the 42courses team
2025-04-18	food-for-thought	Is this the end of Hollywood?	In a world where it's basically free to create and distribute content that's as good as a "real" movie, what happens to Hollywood? Much more than movies, this is about the grand shift in how creators work.
2025-04-18	food-for-thought	Is investing skill or just dumb luck?	Why you shouldn't bet your life's savings on the spin of a roulette wheel (literally - in this case, it's not a figure of speech.)
2025-04-18	food-for-thought	A simple process to make you more creative	Introducing the five-stage creative process, told through the charming story of the passionate photographer who figured out how to print pictures in newspapers in 1881. (Another gift to us from Sebastian!)
2025-04-18	food-for-thought	5 powerful insights from a master storyteller	Why characters need flaws, why conflict is everything, why emotion trumps logic and more. A summary of highlights from our podcast with the luminous Will Storr.
2025-04-18	food-for-thought	44 harsh truths about human nature	This is a big one - a three-hour interview with Naval Ravikant that you can hop and skip through, but it is packed with stunningly poignant insights about how to get the most out of your one and only life.
2025-04-18	on-this-day	Rumour has it he walked 500 more
2025-04-18	on-this-day	930 – When your news is so slow, there ain't any - a BBC announcer delivers the 8:45pm news by saying, “There is no news
2025-04-15	body	ers course, the spectacular Sebastian made a whole video! If the snippet below intrigues you, watch the whole piece here
2025-04-15	body	When Open AI announced their new image generation capabilities
2025-04-15	body	, the whole world raced to see what they'd look like as a Studio Ghibli
2025-04-15	body	This free guide
2025-04-08	body	👉 Read 10 Mental Models for Creative Thinking
2025-04-04	food-for-thought	No Elephants, Please	Ethan Mollick is back, and this time he’s revealing what the new generation of AI image makers has over the last one. Spoiler - it's pretty impressive.
2025-04-04	food-for-thought	How to spot misleading advice from "finfluencers	Part two of our chat with behavioural finance expert Merle van den Akker. Expect awkward truths, money biases, and clever ways to outsmart your own brain.
2025-04-04	food-for-thought	Vibe Check: AI and Behavioral Science in Silicon Valley	From the founder of Irrational Labs comes insight about the intersection between behavioural science and technology in the age of AI.
2025-04-04	food-for-thought	The $6.2 million banana	Need we say more? Alright - Dan Ariely is in fine form as he explains why this super weird purchase was made, and why it might not be a good idea.
2025-04-04	food-for-thought	50 ways to use the new ChatGPT for images	From visual brainstorming to meme magic, this video you so many ideas to play with the AI new image tools. (Suggested by Sebastian, a true Weekend Reads MVP!)
2025-04-04	on-this-day	The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love
2025-04-01	body	From Chat GPT and Sora, to Google's Gemini, to Reve Image
2025-04-01	body	Hi latest blog post
2025-04-01	body	Coca-Cola’s “Create Real Magic
2025-04-01	body	AND they got some incredible artwork
2025-03-28	food-for-thought	Design Obsessed	Why are designers always tweaking tiny pixels no one else sees? Our latest podcast is a short, sharp insight into the brilliant mind of JosePablo Dominguez.
2025-03-28	food-for-thought	The psychology of investing	Greg Davies explains why your brain might be your investment portfolio’s worst enemy — and how to fix it.
2025-03-28	food-for-thought	Financial behaviour decoded	Merle van den Akker (aka one of the best behavioural finance voices out there) breaks down what really drives our spending. This is part one of a juicy Q&A.
2025-03-28	food-for-thought	How to become more conscientious when you're not	Behaviour change is hard, personality change is harder, so how do you get things done when you're not naturally conscientious?
2025-03-28	food-for-thought	The new age of image generation in GPT and Sora	Words in images! Transparent backgrounds! Hand with the right number of fingers! AI image generation has grown up a LOT, find out what you can do with it.
2025-03-28	on-this-day	Britain launches its first new £1 coin
2025-03-28	on-this-day	Will Smith Apologises to Chris Rock on Instagram after slapping him live on stage
2025-03-25	body	Watch it here
2025-03-25	body	, or listen to it here
2025-03-21	body	bit of a bin fire at the moment, which is why it's so important to have some comic relief...Well, today is Red Nose Day
2025-03-21	body	C'lebs and plebs alike have done some hilarious things over the years
2025-03-21	body	If we succeed in making your belly ache, making a donation
2025-03-21	food-for-thought	David Mitchell's take on beer advertising	With so much of Mitchell's signature cringe, it's hard to take him seriously, but you've got to admit, David is 100% right!
2025-03-21	food-for-thought	I'm Comic Sans, Asshole	Right from the title, this defence of a stupid font is one of the most delightful reads on the internet. For writers and type-face designers especially, this is a treat.
2025-03-21	food-for-thought	How to avoid work	This (surprisingly realistic) guide comes from Ireland's favourite comedy trio, Foil, Arm, & Hog.
2025-03-21	food-for-thought	That time Rory Sutherland got nervous before a talk	We all know Rory to be the confident, suave Behavioural Economics maestro that he is, and this bit of lateral thinking proves us right, even in the worst of circumstances.
2025-03-21	food-for-thought	Flight Of The Conchords Red Nose Day song	Probably the greatest musical creation ever made to raise money for sick kids, by using lyrics written by kids. Trust us - get the tissues out.
2025-03-18	body	the world, that he has tested in over 100 studies. His insights are a refreshing revelation, and this list of his quotes
2025-03-18	body	They bought all the billboards on a busy street, and broadcast the sunset
2025-03-14	food-for-thought	30 Charts that show how Covid changed everything	From the way we spend on groceries, to marriage rates, to how much TV we watch, Covid changed everything, and some things forever.
2025-03-14	food-for-thought	The unlikely origins of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy	It's no secret that we're big fans of the book here at 42courses, but did you know it started in a field with a drunk Douglas Adams?
2025-03-14	food-for-thought	AI is a gauntlet challenging us to be more creative	The brilliant musical comedian, Bill Bailey, created his latest show all about what AI can't do. In this interview he discusses how he did it.
2025-03-14	food-for-thought	The Simon Sinek Problem	We love Simon Sinek but the Nudge Podcast gives a very compelling argument for challenging his "Start With Why" framework - namely that it plays into our Narrative Fallacy.
2025-03-14	food-for-thought	Vibecoding - speaking things into existence	Ethan Mollick guides us through his own demonstration of creating programs with words using Claude. It's a fascinating look into how much (or little) expertise you need to create something great.
2025-03-14	on-this-day	018 – NASA Twin Study Finds DNA Changes in astronaut Scott Kelly when he returns from space with 7% of his genes altered
2025-03-14	on-this-day	Finland Named World’s Happiest Country by the World Happiness Report
2025-03-11	body	be boring, didn't you? Well then, please allow us to prove you wrong with this delightful list of 42 Quotes on Investing
2025-03-11	body	The Mastercard "Priceless
2025-03-07	body	here's a sweet story about a female scientist
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	Storytelling Secrets They Don’t Teach in Business School	Will Storr reveals how to win hearts, sell ideas, and captivate any audience - plus, what AI means for the future of storytelling. Watch it here (https://youtu.be/56OoNehyDVY) , or listen to it here (https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/42courses/episodes/Will-Storr-Persuasive-Storytelling-e2vkt7i) .
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	o win hearts, sell ideas, and captivate any audience - plus, what AI means for the future of storytelling. Watch it here	, or listen to it here (https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/42courses/episodes/Will-Storr-Persuasive-Storytelling-e2vkt7i) .
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	, or listen to it here
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	Why Your Brain is Terrible at Making You Rich	Your own mind is sabotaging your investments - but don’t worry, here’s how to trick it into making smarter financial moves.
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	The Singularity Is Nearer	It's SxSW this weekend, so here's an interview from last year's festival to we your appetite. 25 years ago, Ray Kurzweil predicted that we'd reach the singularity by 2029 and explains why we're on track.
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	Why criticism is the relationship killer	The wonderful Dan Ariely is back with his take on why criticism is a "slow dosage relationship poison".
2025-03-07	food-for-thought	Dave Trott's surprising take on polygamy	Here's an angle on respecting women that you probably haven't heard before, and since it's Dave Trott, it's all about perspective.
2025-03-07	body	At the age of 92, Queen Elizabeth II posts on Instagram
2025-03-07	body	The world watches as Oprah Winfrey interviews Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
2025-03-04	body	We chatted about his new book, A Story is a Deal
2025-03-04	body	Watch it here
2025-03-04	body	, or listen to it here
2025-03-04	body	The Cog
2025-02-28	food-for-thought	A new generation of AIs	Ethan Mollick, basically the oracle on practically using the cutting edge of AI, has written a new Substack on the latest releases from Claude and Grok.
2025-02-28	food-for-thought	An AI playbook from...the UK government	In an act of inspiring transparency, the UK government has released their DOs and DON'Ts on using AI for their civil servants. be sure to check out the posters they'll be sticking up around the tea room.
2025-02-28	food-for-thought	Two AIs abandon English when talking to each other	Yes, a new language of AIs, Gibberlink, is real, and if you're old enough, it'll remind you of dial-up sounds.
2025-02-28	food-for-thought	Dan Ariely on the cost of free speech	The ever rational behavioural scientist, Dan, discusses what happens when people re-write the holocaust on wikipedia.
2025-02-28	food-for-thought	The Original Entrepreneur	In his characteristic style, Dave Trott tells us a delightful story of 18th century entrepreneurship, 200 years before the word was even invented.
2025-02-28	on-this-day	the double-helix polymer
2025-02-28	on-this-day	A West German court rules that impostor Anna Anderson failed to prove she was missing Russian duchess Anastasia Romanov
2025-02-28	on-this-day	At the 26th Grammy Awards
2025-02-25	body	We've done a round up of some of his best here: John Cleese on Creativity
2025-02-25	body	out of your team is already a tough challenge. Getting the best out of creatives, however, can feel like herding tigers
2025-02-21	body	let's take a stroll down the road of creativity
2025-02-21	food-for-thought	Why a film set is like a startup	This unlikely simile comes from an even more unlikely source - Dan Ariely. This is his reflection on the TV show based on his life.
2025-02-21	food-for-thought	If you think Dali's art is disturbing, watch this!	Imagine Banksy appearing in a Cadbury ad. Well, this is the 1968 French version. Enjoy!
2025-02-21	food-for-thought	Why tact is a tactic	"Tact is the ability to step on a man’s toes without scuffing the shine on his shoes. To hammer home a point without hitting the other fellow’s thumb. To agree with someone and still convince him that he’s wrong."
2025-02-21	food-for-thought	The new language of AI	Reasoners, agents, and deep research. You might have heard these words around because they're all the rage in how AI works now.
2025-02-21	food-for-thought	The story of Zero	Told like a bedtime story, this history of a very important number comes from Dr Hannah Fry in the most soothing maths lesson you've ever had.
2025-02-21	on-this-day	The first issue of The New Yorker
2025-02-21	on-this-day	The Lunar Library
2025-02-18	body	You can learn more about that here
2025-02-18	body	Here's a fun collection of 42 Of The Best Quotes On Investing
2025-02-14	food-for-thought	The Provocative Operation Creativity Method	From the man who coined "lateral thinking", Edward de Bono brings us this surprising way to get more creative, by being provocative...
2025-02-14	food-for-thought	The best books on human behaviour from 2024	If you love behavioural science and psychology, this list is for you! If you want to make sense of all the bizarre things humans do, your next read is probably in here.
2025-02-14	food-for-thought	A Sports Psychologist's take on the Super Bowl	What role does "tactical creativity" have on the football field and why doe athletes need to be open minded? This personality analysis might surprise you.
2025-02-14	food-for-thought	The art of the double insult	Insults are never nice, but you have to admit, the perfect zinger is something to admire. You can't help but smile at ones like this: "If only he'd wash his neck I'd wring it"
2025-02-14	food-for-thought	A selection of Super Bowl weirdness	The good, the bad, and cringe-worthy ads were all on display during this year's Super Bowl. In our humble opinion, this compilation shows that even if you have star-power, you still need a good idea.
2025-02-14	on-this-day	Space probe Voyager 1 captures a photograph of the entire solar system, including Earth as the now-famous "pale blue dot
2025-02-14	on-this-day	YouTube is launched
2025-02-07	food-for-thought	When a KGB agent and a CIA agent tried to recruit one another	The delightful story of that time a KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it.
2025-02-07	food-for-thought	Sarcasm is not the lowest form of wit, puns are	And 12 other forms of comedy, ranked by how witty they are, and explained in a wonderful reminder of the many uses of humour.
2025-02-07	food-for-thought	The Order Of The Occult Hand	If you guessed that this is a secret society, you'd be right. if you also guessed that they deal in esoteric and supernatural matters, you'd be 100% wrong. It's actually a bunch of journalists sneaking things past their editors.
2025-02-07	food-for-thought	Daisy, a scammer's worst nightmare	Daisy would be anybody's worst nightmare - she's 78 and trying to follow your tech instructions over the phone - except she's made of AI, and was designed to waste scammers time, and oh boy, does she!
2025-02-07	food-for-thought	Funny quotes from Mr Happy	Who? Meik Wiking is the founder of the The Happiness Research Institute, and a cake-loving Dane. he practically has a PHD in putting a smile on your face.
2025-02-07	on-this-day	Spain sets up the Spanish Inquisition in South America, expanding its infamous reach beyond Europe. Nobody expected it.
2025-02-07	on-this-day	Charlie Chaplin debuts his iconic character, The Tramp
2025-02-07	on-this-day	Pink Floyd perform The Wall
2025-02-07	on-this-day	DNA analysis of Cheddar Man
2025-02-04	body	of Co-Intelligence, Ethan Mollick, who recently updated his blog post: Which AI to Use Now: An Updated Opinionated Guide
2025-01-31	body	, claiming that Deepseek stole IP
2025-01-31	food-for-thought	What's really going on with Deepseek	Sure, we all love a David in the face of big tech giants, but can the average person actually trust Deepseek R1? An ex-Microsoft engineer explains it all.
2025-01-31	food-for-thought	How real people are actually using AI at work	Between the hype and headlines, this list from Google covers over 100 ways real organisations are using AI to move the needle.
2025-01-31	food-for-thought	How economics can save the world!	We got to host the wonderful Erik Angner on our podcast to talk about the intersection of economics and philosophy, and its impact on the world.
2025-01-31	food-for-thought	The baffling beauty of bamboo	In this, quite frankly, gorgeous infographic, learn all about the history of bamboo as scaffolding. Sounds dry, but your eyes will beg to differ, trust us...
2025-01-31	food-for-thought	A twenty-year-long stop motion project	If you love Terminator 2 even a fraction of how much this man does, please enjoy this hand-drawn version of the movi
2025-01-31	on-this-day	RCA shows off the world’s first music synthesiser
2025-01-31	on-this-day	Ham the chimp
2025-01-31	on-this-day	The Pompidou Centre
2025-01-28	body	in second, and the problem child, TikTok
2025-01-28	body	o interview Erik Angner, who is a philosopher, economist, and the author of the book, "How economics can save the world
2025-01-28	body	Watch it here
2025-01-28	body	, or listen to it here
2025-01-28	body	at Oxford Risk, founder of Barclays’ first behavioural finance team, and the author of Behavioral Investment Management
2025-01-24	body	it's your time to celebrate a little, but significant milestone: It was 41 years ago today that the now iconic ad, 1984
2025-01-24	food-for-thought	When Manhattan was sold for $24	In 1626, Dutch settlers more or less swindled the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for goods worth 60 Dutch guilders (approximately $1,000 today).
2025-01-24	food-for-thought	A Bittersweet settlement	Arguably one of the best songs ever written, Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve was allegedly stolen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_s90-Hi2ZY) from The Rolling Stones, who took all royalties for it for 22 years.
2025-01-24	food-for-thought	Arguably one of the best songs ever written, Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve was allegedly stolen	from The Rolling Stones, who took all royalties for it for 22 years.
2025-01-24	food-for-thought	32 Youtube stats you need to know	Did you know that over 500 hours of video content are uploaded to YouTube every single minute? Get this, and other astounding stats about the world most popular platform.
2025-01-24	food-for-thought	The future Mark Zuckerberg is trying to build	Speaking of Youtube, the wonderful Cleo Abrams interviewed the founder of Facebook on what Meta AI has in the pipeline for changing the way we live.
2025-01-24	food-for-thought	Don't get called "wooly minded" by David Ogilvy	In a marvellously succinct list of 10 tips for writing, David Ogilvy gave advice to his employees, saying, "Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches."
2025-01-24	on-this-day	Apple unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in the legendary "1984
2025-01-24	on-this-day	The Doomsday Clock is reset to 90 seconds until midnight
2025-01-21	body	l heavy hitters are sitting quietly at the back, eating popcorn: Youtube and Instagram each have a much higher user base
2025-01-21	body	Youtube
2025-01-21	body	Instagram
2025-01-21	body	TikTok
2025-01-21	body	Read all about it here
2025-01-21	body	probably one of the toughest challenges in modern marketing, which is why we're giving props to Google Pixel for this ad
2025-01-17	food-for-thought	Freedom of Speech is a double Edged Sword	As Meta changes its stance on monitoring misinformation, opinions are flying. Dan Ariely is a particularly wise thinker, so his opinion on the matter is well worth a watch.
2025-01-17	food-for-thought	The surprising skill you need to be a hostage negotiator	Our latest podcast is with a former hostage negotiator and who says that the most important thing to get right in high stakes situations is both easier, and harder than you think.
2025-01-17	food-for-thought	How happy is your personality?	New research suggests that adopting positive traits, like being agreeable and conscientious, is not only possible, but it will also put you on an upward path to greater well-being.
2025-01-17	food-for-thought	NVIDIA - the envy of the world	It's not often we see a self-fulfilling prophesy in modern times, but when Jen-Hsun Huang named his company after the Roman goddess of envy, he was not wrong.
2025-01-17	food-for-thought	That time a whole backstory was invented to sell more cheese	If you've ever heard of a "Ploughman's Lunch" - a well known meal in British pubs - you probably think of idyllic farm scenes, rather than an ad agency boardroom, but you would be mistaken...
2025-01-17	on-this-day	The prohibition of alcohol
2025-01-17	on-this-day	Popeye
2025-01-14	body	Our friend Patrick Fagan is here to help. This helpful PDF
2025-01-14	body	Watch it here
2025-01-14	body	or listen to it here
2025-01-10	food-for-thought	What went wrong with Turkey's Disney ghost town	There is an abandoned development of literal miniature Disney Castles in Turkey. What happened to this dream and why is it not filled with princesses? Find out here.
2025-01-10	food-for-thought	Say it strange	The wonderful Richard Shotton shared this short, sweet post on why some memorable brands (like Apple, heard of them?) have used grammatically incorrect ways to say what they mean.
2025-01-10	food-for-thought	Bikeshedding - the art of being petty	Have you ever noticed how committees spend far more time discussing trivial things than important ones? This is known as Bikeshedding, and you do it too!
2025-01-10	food-for-thought	Cars vs phones	A story about progress from Dan Ariely where he reveals how cars work for you while phones just try to bring you down, man.
2025-01-10	food-for-thought	What happens when you play German music in a wine bar	In 60 seconds Rory Sutherland explains the concept of framing and its effects on our decisions.
2025-01-10	on-this-day	The world’s first underground railway, the London Tube
2025-01-07	body	What are the most important skills to have in 2025? Forbes has listed their top 5
2025-01-07	body	But that's not even what makes this ad
2025-01-03	food-for-thought	Terms from Dan Ariely's TV show!	Yes - there is a behavioural science themed TV show based on the life and work of Dan Ariely, and this list contains a glossary of terms that pop up in the show. a treasure trove for any psychology nerd.
2025-01-03	food-for-thought	The origin of "Skunkworks" and so many more	Skunkworks is a word we use often when talking about startups and innovation, but why? If you think words are wonderful and want to learn more in 2025, sign up to this daily email about obscure words.
2025-01-03	food-for-thought	Kurt Vonnegut's letter to 2088	This beautifully poetic letter about existential dread, written by the exceptional Kurt Vonnegut, is read, in this video, by the sublime Benedict Cumberbatch.
2025-01-03	food-for-thought	The story is mightier than the spreadsheet	In a way that only he could, Dave Trott tells us the true story of Christmas, and how it started in a factory with child labour.
2025-01-03	food-for-thought	What science has to say about how to be a better friend	Friendship is arguably the most important factor in lifelong happiness, so learning how to be better at t is an investment, don't you think?
2024-12-31	body	especially as you look back over 2024, is with gratitude. See our dear friend, Dan Ariely's take on being thankful here
2024-12-31	body	Here's a fun list of 15 Things We Learned in 2024
2024-12-31	body	Smugglers Wanted.
2024-12-27	body	this year, and our dear friend Benedict Evans gave a smashing presentation
2024-12-27	food-for-thought	Randomness, risk, and making your own luck	In our latest podcast with none other than Dan Ariely himself, he shares profound insights into how embracing randomness, taking risks, and making mistakes can lead to growth, discovery, and even a touch of luck.
2024-12-27	food-for-thought	What happens when you leave the rat race	Have you ever wondered what would happen if you just ran away from it all? Here are 5 life lessons from a man who decided to quit his corporate life to go build a cabin in the woods.
2024-12-27	food-for-thought	52 fun facts from 2024	These facts are seriously fun. For eg, did you know that Crayola crayons are one of the 16 trademarked scents in America?
2024-12-27	food-for-thought	15 things WE learned this year	Yes, our very own wrap up of thrilling things we discovered this year, including stories, guides and the funnest of facts.
2024-12-27	food-for-thought	16 PR stunts more wholesome than Elon Musk	If you're wondering which famous founder is the king of PR, smile and remember all the wacky, wonderful, and relatively wholesome things Sir Richard Branson has done.
2024-12-24	body	Watch it here
2024-12-24	body	, or listen to it here
2024-12-24	body	Unless you're Australian, of course. This ad
2024-12-20	food-for-thought	The best behavioural science books of 2024	A smorgasbord of reads to educate and entice us, surprise and delight us, and leave us smarter, wiser, and better informed about ourselves and our world.
2024-12-20	food-for-thought	The most wonderful time of the year for an insurance ad?	Only the Aussies could pull off a stunt as relatable and hilarious as this over Christmas. For mature and jaded audiences ;)
2024-12-20	food-for-thought	The 42courses rap	"Forty two courses to make you brainy, now you're armed and dangerous learnin ain't lazy" - these are only some of the absolutely brilliant lyrics in a song made by the marvellous Mike B and AI about yours truly!
2024-12-20	food-for-thought	Meet the nerds	We decided to drop a podcast with...us. Yes, if you want to meet the brains behind 42courses, join us for a ramble about our favourite books and highlights from the year.
2024-12-20	food-for-thought	Another way to show off your smarts	Want to play a brainy quiz with your friends and family? Look no further than the 42courses Christmas Kahoot! This one was specifically designed with plenty of pop culture to stop Jake from winning, and worked!
2024-12-17	body	ed a podcast of all of us discussing our highlights from the year. If you'd like to meet the team, you can watch it here
2024-12-17	body	, or listen to it here
2024-12-17	body	wondering what to read, let's turn the clock back one year and have a look at the 42courses team's Top Ten Books of 2023
2024-12-17	body	This ad from tourism company, Visit Oslo
2024-12-13	food-for-thought	A behavioural scientists journey into the Dark Web	Dan Ariely's Facebook account was hacked, so he did what he does and dove into the dark web and its motivations – a world as intriguing as it is unsettling.
2024-12-13	food-for-thought	42 of Dan Ariely's best quotes	Speaking of the professor, here is a wonderfully whimsical collection of his best quotes about behavioural science.
2024-12-13	food-for-thought	Body parts for which Tina Fey is grateful	How on earth are we supposed to cope in a world of fake tans, boob jobs, and laminated eyebrows? With gratitude, says Tina, who wrote this hilarious list.
2024-12-13	food-for-thought	How "designer" is your underwear?	In one of the most interesting business moves of the year, Pantone - the colour company - decided to release...panties, in every Colour Of The Year of the past 25 years. What a Pantone dropper!
2024-12-13	food-for-thought	Marbler, Muck Roller, Moleskin Shaver	The butcher, the baker, and the candle-stick maker weren't the only popular jobs in 1881, this delightful list includes careers that only an "all-rounder" would understand.
2024-12-13	on-this-day	Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is named Time's Person of the Year. Not as bad as this year's one
2024-12-10	body	uman behaviour," says Matt Wallaert, our latest podcast guest, applied behavioural scientist, author of Start at the End
2024-12-10	body	Listen to it here
2024-12-10	body	, or watch it here
2024-12-10	body	Knowing when to use AI is a form of wisdom" writes the esteemed author of Co-Intelligence
2024-12-10	body	Helpfully, in a recent blog post, he wrote a list of 15 Times to Use AI, and 5 Not To
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	Nerd Alert!	This special episode of the Happiness Lab podcast is all about the joy of being an obsessive fan. Whether it's Star Wars, The Spice Girls, or Benedict Cumberbatch, here's how your adoration can make YOU happy.
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	Why you should take your toddler to a rocket launch	At least, this is what Tim Urban, author of the Wait But Why blog did, when Space X launched and, for the the first time, landed Starship this year.
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	Why restaurant owners hate Rory Sutherland	A Youtube short from Rory's Nudgestock talk on signalling that you're open. If you like it, watch this one (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3zMF_0F7G5g) , and this one (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mn2EyY8vPZc) too!
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	A Youtube short from Rory's Nudgestock talk on signalling that you're open. If you like it, watch this one	, and this one (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mn2EyY8vPZc) too!
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	, and this one	too!
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	How much betrayal can you tolerate?	For Dan Ariely, the surprising answer is: a little bit. In this video he explains why he thinks this attitude is better for society.
2024-12-06	food-for-thought	This company has been watching you, and you love it!	That's right, the 2024 Spotify Wrapped is HERE! Even if you're a hater, you can appreciate what a magnificent marketing campaign it is.
2024-12-06	on-this-day	NASA reveals photographs taken by the Mars Global Surveyor that suggest the presence of liquid water on Mars
2024-12-06	on-this-day	Taylor Swift
2024-12-03	body	It's that time of year again - you can't believe it's already December, you're secretly awaiting your Spotify Wrapped
2024-12-03	body	Please enjoy - AI Eats The World
2024-12-03	body	Watch it here
2024-12-03	body	, or listen to it here
2024-12-03	body	Watch it here
2024-11-29	body	AND, if you ever need a laugh this weekend, please enjoy these Talking Turkeys
2024-11-29	food-for-thought	Trade secrets from con artists	Not that you would ever be one, of course, but who doesn't want to know how to persuade people so convincingly?
2024-11-29	food-for-thought	Why bureaucracy is bad for motivation	You already knew this, but Dan Ariely has such a lovely way of breaking down the elements of drive and motivation in the workplace.
2024-11-29	food-for-thought	Wait, but why AI?	In his brilliant blog, Wait But Why, Tm Urban wrote about the AI revolution back in 2015. There was no such thing as a GPT then, but his philosophical look at history's lead up to this moment, and his predictions, are incredibly insightful.
2024-11-29	food-for-thought	AI Eats The World	Benedict Evans' annual presentation on all things tech has dropped like like a very elegant bomb. Check this out for some future predictions from a very smart man.
2024-11-29	food-for-thought	The funniest Christmas ad you'll see this year	Enter the Five-Star Theatre, where Adam Driver reads real reviews from Amazon, which will literally leave you in tears of laughter.
2024-11-29	on-this-day	US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph
2024-11-29	on-this-day	Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment, "Schrödinger's cat,
2024-11-29	on-this-day	Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, releases Pong
2024-11-29	on-this-day	The first of Nelson Mandela's 46664 AIDS benefit concerts
2024-11-26	body	Our AI Quiz with Conor McCarthy
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2024-11-26	body	, or listen to it here
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2024-11-22	food-for-thought	The Housefly Effect	A brand new book on Behavioural Scienece was released yesterday by B.R.A.I.N Creatives founder Tim den Heijer, and Behavioural Insights Nederland founder Eva van den Broek. Watch our podcast with them here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liqQOxeDo5w&feature=youtu.be) , or listen to it here (https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/42courses/episodes/The-Housefly-Effect-e2r60uo/a-abku20l) .
2024-11-22	food-for-thought	, or listen to it here
2024-11-22	food-for-thought	When a 17-year old took on Microsoft in a legal battle	A humble twelfth-grader in Canada started a website design business called MikeRoweSoft.com. After a legal kerfuffle with Microsoft, he sold the domain to them for an X-box and a trip to HQ.
2024-11-22	food-for-thought	What's having an AI girlfriend like?	Believe it or not, AI girlfriends are one of the fastest growing applications of AI. This article is written by a 26-year-old reporter who went through the motions. Prof G (https://www.instagram.com/profgalloway/reel/DB7D6aTPX6I/) thinks it's bad idea, what do you think?
2024-11-22	food-for-thought	stest growing applications of AI. This article is written by a 26-year-old reporter who went through the motions. Prof G	thinks it's bad idea, what do you think?
2024-11-22	food-for-thought	When you can't afford the Olympics, sell coffee	In 1932, One of the world's largest countries couldn't afford to send a team to the Olympics, so they did what they do best.
2024-11-22	food-for-thought	Dan Ariely's unique take on Work/Life balance	Is going on a walk a work activity or a life activity? Dan thinks it's both.
2024-11-22	on-this-day	RCA Records makes its best investment, paying $35,000 to Sun Records
2024-11-22	on-this-day	US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
2024-11-22	on-this-day	Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees
2024-11-22	on-this-day	Mel Brooks' first film, The Producers
2024-11-22	on-this-day	Toy Story
2024-11-19	body	We've also postponed our live AI Quiz with Conor McCarthy
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2024-11-19	body	It's 42 Quotes On Copywriting
2024-11-19	body	Her name is Daisy
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2024-11-15	food-for-thought	What if Trump were a rapper?	As Benedict Evans said in his most recent newsletter (https://www.ben-evans.com/newsletter) , American politics tops everything this week, so here's a lighthearted take on the general message each from Trump and Harris.
2024-11-15	food-for-thought	As Benedict Evans said in his most recent newsletter	, American politics tops everything this week, so here's a lighthearted take on the general message each from Trump and Harris.
2024-11-15	food-for-thought	How very Contagious!	Most Contagious, in fact, is a series of events, one in London on 28 November, and in New York on 30 January, and our learners get a special discount on tickets! (Just use the code MOCO42COURSES)
2024-11-15	food-for-thought	How did we end up with...KPop?	In 1993, when the South Korean government noticed that Jurassic Park made as much money they had selling 1.5 million Hyuindai cars, they decided to start backing the arts and entertainment industry.
2024-11-15	food-for-thought	The art AI made in Kindergarten	The hilarious Janelle Shane strikes again with a blog post on what very small LLMs produced as prompt suggestions for AI art. Take a look at the limited data sets they were trained on to see how they influence the results.
2024-11-15	food-for-thought	Nike's biggest mistake	Plus what KitKat got right and Liquid Death got wrong, yup, it's the marketing Maverick, Mark Ritson, sharing all his contrarian thought on the Uncensored CMO podcast.
2024-11-12	body	In Greek mythology, the god Hephaestus
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2024-11-12	body	Listen to the voices of Dylan Thomas, Graham Greene, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle here
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2024-11-08	food-for-thought	A creative masterclass from Brazil	We're always interested in the stories behind the work, so we sat down with two of Brazil's top creatives to go through all the stages, from idea to execution. Listen to it as a podcast here (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/42courses/episodes/Behind-the-Award-Winning-Work-Joo--Pedros-Creative-Playbook-e2qiiku) .
2024-11-08	food-for-thought	with two of Brazil's top creatives to go through all the stages, from idea to execution. Listen to it as a podcast here
2024-11-08	food-for-thought	A Marketing Festival Documentary	Mark Ritson, Byron Sharp, and many other legends in a documentary about marketing in 2024…need we say more?
2024-11-08	food-for-thought	Brand new AI Adoption Report	How many people do you think use AI? Well, Wharton found that AI use has nearly doubled from 37% in 2023 to 72% in 2024!
2024-11-08	food-for-thought	Be the only cool brand in a boring category	Dave Trott's take on what Mike Cessario from Liquid Death did right.
2024-11-05	body	Listen to it here
2024-11-05	body	Spotify Wrapped
2024-11-01	food-for-thought	Behavioural Science meets AI	Noam Brown's TED AI talk highlights how OpenAI's new o1 model uses "system two thinking" to revolutionise AI applications by prioritising innovation over speed.
2024-11-01	food-for-thought	Scary-Funny - the new era of Halloween ads	Ads have been too serious for too long, but halloween is the perfect opportunity for brands to get a little bit silly and irreverent.
2024-11-01	food-for-thought	The Skittles Spider	In a particularly strange and funny take, Skittles does what they do best this Halloween. *Not for arachnophobes.
2024-11-01	food-for-thought	The value of a broken button	Lee Sklar is a living legend of bass guitar, who has a "producer switch" on his guitar that. does...nothing...in a beautiful. example of the placebo effect.
2024-11-01	food-for-thought	The latest Tik Tok trend is...Rory Sutherland??	We've known what a start Rory is for years, but all of a sudden, Gen Z has discovered him on Tik Tok! Here's what Rory has to say about it.
2024-11-01	on-this-day	The Lisbon earthquake
2024-11-01	on-this-day	AI" is named the most notable word of the year by Collins Dictionary
2024-10-29	body	Listen to this podcast
2024-10-29	body	, or watch the conversation here
2024-10-25	food-for-thought	The Order Of The Elephant	In Denmark, only the most elite, the most chivalrous, and those of the highest honour get to be part of this club...
2024-10-25	food-for-thought	Thinking Like an AI	Wharton Professor and incredible author, Ethan Mollick, actually gets into the "mind" of an LLM and describes how they "think" in surprisingly simple terms
2024-10-25	food-for-thought	Why "nothing new" can be a good lesson	Mark Ritson, the ever entertaining brand expert takes us through McCain's success and why going back to basics is worthwhile.
2024-10-25	food-for-thought	Feel like a giant	From Hamburg, Germany, you can see, in exquisite detail, miniature versions of much of the world. How? You have to see it to believe it.
2024-10-25	food-for-thought	AI can now create podcasts - of anything	Google has updated its NotebookLM tool to create a podcast out of any text that you upload. Why? To make it more entertaining for you to consume. Yes, really!
2024-10-25	on-this-day	Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus
2024-10-25	on-this-day	The first fossil of an ichthyosaur
2024-10-25	on-this-day	The first work of art produced by artificial intelligence, "Edmond de Belamy
2024-10-25	on-this-day	n one day, pushing his estimated worth to $255.2 billion, likely making him the richest person ever, according to Forbes
2024-10-25	on-this-day	NASA scientists announce they may have detected the first planet outside our galaxy
2024-10-22	body	We are so close to releasing our brand new course on AI, you can almost taste the Glue-Cheese Pizza
2024-10-22	body	Adobe just released the Nowness ArtReview
2024-10-18	food-for-thought	An answer to Byron Sharp on how else brands grow	Byron Sharp, the dark lord of branding, has reigned, unchallenged, on the wisdom of how brands grow, but a new report is making waves...
2024-10-18	food-for-thought	The World's Best Brands of 2024	If you're a brand nerd, you might want to take a look at this definitive report on which brands have become the most popular this year.
2024-10-18	food-for-thought	Guess who else got nervous before public speaking	Yes, in this delightfully candid video, you get a sneak peek at just how nervous the great Steve Jobs got before a public appearance.
2024-10-18	food-for-thought	Every book ever published, stored here	In one of his fascinating "things you might not know" videos, Tom Scott explains the British Library.
2024-10-18	food-for-thought	AI and Everything Else	For one of the most entertaining and informative talks on AI as we know it, please enjoy Benedict Evans' annual presentation on what's cutting edge.
2024-10-18	on-this-day	Heidelberg University
2024-10-18	on-this-day	is founded, later known as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
2024-10-18	on-this-day	New York's Museum of Modern Art displays Henri Matisse's painting "Le Bateau" upside down
2024-10-15	body	Tune in now
2024-10-15	body	When a bright person at COURAGE agency
2024-10-11	body	tting it tell Patrick Fagan what to do for a whole day, a dramatic reenactment of that time AI couldn't spell Strawberry
2024-10-11	food-for-thought	What happens when you let ChatGPT make all of your decisions?	Patrick Fagan did this, and ended up eating a LOT of pizza. Here's what went down.
2024-10-11	food-for-thought	The Sourdough Effect	In a wonderfully whimsical diatribe, Rory Sutherland explains why he thinks AI is getting too much press, by way of discussing how sourdough dominates the bread market.
2024-10-11	food-for-thought	6 life-changing lessons from the biggest studies on happiness	A quick-fire, but potent list of tactics you probably haven't heard of before that can have a significant impact on your life.
2024-10-11	food-for-thought	How many Rs in the word "Strawberry"?	This is a hilarious reenactment of Chat GPT trying to dig itself out of a hole it hallucinated itself into when asked how many Rs there are in Strawberry.
2024-10-11	food-for-thought	You couldn't make this up	You don't write the way Dave Trott writes without getting away with murder a few times, and this story is about one of those times. You'll be laughing is disbelief at the end.
2024-10-11	on-this-day	Then-unknown musician Prince Rogers Nelson opens for The Rolling Stones
2024-10-08	body	eters just around the corner, we held a Q&A event with the brilliant AI consultant, Conor McCarthy of McCarthy Solutions
2024-10-08	body	If you missed it, here is the recording
2024-10-08	body	And just because we like you so much, here's a treasure trove of insights from the Andreessen Horowitz AI report
2024-10-08	body	Give this thoroughly entertaining and insightful chat a listen here
2024-10-08	body	And it stood out, which is always the most important thing in brand advertising. Watch it here
2024-10-04	food-for-thought	Advertising is art, not maths	Dave Trott quotes Rory Sutherland in this fascinating breakdown of why most ads look like "so much wallpaper".
2024-10-04	food-for-thought	How stupid are you?	In this very funny Youtube short, John Cleese breaks down the difference between intelligence and stupidity.
2024-10-04	food-for-thought	It's pronounced GIF, not GIF	The ever delightful Tom Scott gives us the linguistics perspective on one of the internet's most amusing pronunciation wars.
2024-10-04	food-for-thought	Do not marry at all	Written and printed in 1911, this is a list of advice to young ladies on the topic of marriage. It stands surprisingly well today.
2024-10-04	food-for-thought	The joy of honest advertising	Dave Dye interviews the author of "A true story of the ridiculous attempt to make advertising more truthful" on this insightful podcast.
2024-10-04	on-this-day	Dakota Johnson
2024-10-01	body	This week, we’re thrilled to bring you an enlightening episode of the 42courses Podcast featuring the legendary Dave Dye
2024-10-01	body	They dive into their new book on the iconic 60s adman, Howard Gossage
2024-10-01	body	Listen
2024-10-01	body	to the podcast, or watch it here
2024-10-01	body	Here's a quick taste of some marvellous predatory thinking
2024-09-27	body	Recently, you might have seen a certain meme going around
2024-09-27	food-for-thought	Why being irrational is sometimes the best thing to do	Who else, but the Wikiman himself, Rory Sutherlands treats us to a Youtube short on the brilliance of hares.
2024-09-27	food-for-thought	Everyone likes a laugh	The wonderfully witty Dave Trott shows us his funny side and why humour can take your audience where nagging and "brand purpose" never could.
2024-09-27	food-for-thought	The very different way to board a plane	Calling all aircraft geeks, here's a video from Tom Scott on an innovative solution to boarding plans that are far away from the airport.
2024-09-27	food-for-thought	Would you be happy to queue?	Coca-Cola has developed an experiential campaign using WPPs newest AI tool, Open X, to make waiting less awful.
2024-09-27	food-for-thought	We should have cocktailed	Remember when F. Scott Fitzgerald tried to turn the word "cocktail" into a verb? No? Well here's his whole list of conjugations for it.
2024-09-27	on-this-day	journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?
2024-09-27	on-this-day	A "Supermoon" coincides with a lunar eclipse, creating a "Blood Moon
2024-09-24	body	Our live Q&A with Conor McCarthy
2024-09-24	body	Register here
2024-09-24	body	Tune into this podcast
2024-09-24	body	to find out more, or watch it here
2024-09-24	body	Watch the full case study here
2024-09-20	body	P.S. Don't forget to sign up for next week's live Q&A on using AI at work
2024-09-20	food-for-thought	Ten commandments for con men	The list you never knew you needed, this one was written by an actual con man, Victor Lustig, and covers things you need to know to play the long con.
2024-09-20	food-for-thought	Mr Best's guide to making the best Youtube videos possible	with 500 million subscribers, Mr Beast (https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast) has mastered the game of Youtube. and shares whet his team have learned in this doc.
2024-09-20	food-for-thought	with 500 million subscribers, Mr Beast	has mastered the game of Youtube. and shares whet his team have learned in this doc.
2024-09-20	food-for-thought	Decisions, once removed	A short, but poignant read on how to make better decisions from next week's guest speaker, Conor McCarthy!
2024-09-20	food-for-thought	How To Speak	This talk from Patrick Winston has been an MIT tradition for over 40 years. It's a bit of a longer watch, but not one to be missed if you want to live well.
2024-09-20	food-for-thought	Typography, the overlooked hero of outdoor advertising	Watch Up To Something dissect the importance of the typeface on your billboard.
2024-09-20	on-this-day	The "Star Spangled Banner
2024-09-20	on-this-day	untries stage the world's largest-ever protest on climate change, culminating in a Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg
2024-09-17	body	As part of our course launch, Conor McCarthy
2024-09-17	body	Register here
2024-09-17	body	Find out in this podcast where our founder, Chris, has a fascinating conversation with Chat GPT4o
2024-09-13	food-for-thought	The Ultimate AI Cheatsheet	From Chris Donnolley on Linkedin comes a list of 24 super useful AI tools and guides.
2024-09-13	food-for-thought	Everyone can write, but not everyone can write copy	A Google Firestarter interview with the mind behind our Copywriting (https://www.42courses.com/courses/copywriting) course, Vikki Ross!
2024-09-13	food-for-thought	One word headlines	This wonderful collection of outdoor ads will show you the power of simplicity. What more is there to say?
2024-09-13	food-for-thought	How to escape the black sheep paradox	Three ways to become an independent thinker in a world that rewards those who don't follow the herd.
2024-09-13	food-for-thought	Better than a CV	Lots of people want to work in marketing, so how do you stand out? Well, try steal Marta's idea, we dare you!
2024-09-13	on-this-day	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
2024-09-13	on-this-day	The game "Super Mario Bros
2024-09-13	on-this-day	Elton John releases the single "Candle in the Wind 1997
2024-09-10	body	ly are we bringing out a course on AI for marketers very soon, but we will also be having a live Q&A with Conor McCarthy
2024-09-10	body	Register here
2024-09-10	body	It's called The Art Of Danish Living
2024-09-10	body	Watch it here
2024-09-10	body	, or listen to it here
2024-09-10	body	Oatley has some of the very best ads out there, and this one is a treat! Watch the full video
2024-09-06	body	Tuesday 24 September at 11 am BST
2024-09-06	food-for-thought	More brilliance from Oatley	We love a good piece of outdoor, and we love ads from Oatley, but this is even better than you'd expect!
2024-09-06	food-for-thought	Do questions in headlines make them more effective?	Quite possibly, yes. A very clever political ad from the 60s makes this point using behavioural science.
2024-09-06	food-for-thought	Where art thou, Ronald McDonald?	Or, indeed, Toucan Sam, Snap, Crackle, and poor Pop? Brand mascots have fallen out of fashion and this is why.
2024-09-06	food-for-thought	What's next in shopping, from Tik Tok	Love it or hate it, you can't ignore the impact Tik Tok has had on retail and the trends they're spotting for the future of retail.
2024-09-06	food-for-thought	Our Q&A with Lola Bakare on Responsible Marketing	! Hot off the press, it's a delightful and insightful chat about inclusivity, responsible marketing and how to get it right.
2024-09-06	on-this-day	The Great Fire of London
2024-09-06	on-this-day	Actor Jackson Pinckney is awarded $487,000 after being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme
2024-09-06	on-this-day	The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
2024-09-03	body	it can also be massively impactful in business and in life. Just look at these 5 delightful examples of lateral thinking
2024-09-03	body	Authors like Edward de Bono
2024-09-03	body	and Dave Trott
2024-09-03	body	Watch it here
2024-08-30	food-for-thought	Why they're called "Bank Holidays" in the UK	From Dave Trott himself, a fascinating look into the behavioural science behind framing these days off.
2024-08-30	food-for-thought	The most useless things you could buy	Whether you need some bacon bandages, or some utterly ridiculous ideas to fuel your creative process, do yourself a favour and visit this one.
2024-08-30	food-for-thought	Secret prompts revealed for the first time!	Anthropic has released their source prompts for Clause - these are safety protocols that make AI behave itself.
2024-08-30	food-for-thought	Does the language you speak change the way you think?	Not so much, as it turns out. This video form Tom Scott on linguistics explains why.
2024-08-30	food-for-thought	40 year old Apple ads	Not the crazy ones, not 1984, but something you've probably never seen before. Surprisingly insightful, with a delightful promotion from....Bill Gates?
2024-08-30	on-this-day	The compact audio cassette is first introduced by Philips at the Radio Exhibition in Berlin
2024-08-30	on-this-day	Late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished works are destroyed by a steamroller
2024-08-27	body	e result of making somebody else's life better. So if you'd like to smile more, try one of these random acts of kindness
2024-08-27	body	In Laura Bambaach's Top Ten Ads
2024-08-27	body	, here's what she had to say about Burger King's Subservient Chicken
2024-08-23	food-for-thought	Artists win a battle against AI for copyright	Nobody saw that coming! Only joking - this could mean an interesting future for AI art, and the reference images it is allowed to be trained on.
2024-08-23	food-for-thought	What books do we need to restart civilization from scratch?	Well, that's one of the questions The Long Now asks, because they're an organisation dedicated to some seriously long term thinking.
2024-08-23	food-for-thought	The power of play	How playing video games improves problem-solving skills in students, according to research that might just change how you spend your weekend.
2024-08-23	food-for-thought	Who would pay that?!	This is a delightful look into the psychology of pricing, and answer the question of how luxury brands get people to cough up eye-wateringly large sums of money.
2024-08-23	food-for-thought	Don't Push This Button	Unless you want to be taken to a randomly selected useless website. (But if you do, please let us know where you went!)
2024-08-23	on-this-day	William Wallace
2024-08-23	on-this-day	The hashtag is invented
2024-08-20	body	We have a live Q&A for you THIS THURSDAY
2024-08-20	body	Here are five questions to ask yourself
2024-08-20	body	And if you like to read the answers at the back, here are 16 things that have been
2024-08-20	body	This ad, from a relatively unknown but brilliant copywriter named Tom Lightenheld
2024-08-16	food-for-thought	AI Weirdness	Janelle Shane is an optics research scientist and artificial intelligence researcher with a sense of humour. Her blog is all about the strange side of machine learning, and it's as educational as it is funny.
2024-08-16	food-for-thought	Oh Wow Oh Wow Oh Wow	These were Steve Jobs' last words and they reflect his overall amazement at human creation. This attitude of his is explored more in a beautiful email he wrote himself a year before he died.
2024-08-16	food-for-thought	Press for champagne	A restaurant in London called Bob Bob Ricard sells more champagne than any other. Richard Shotton explores why in this interview on frictionless behaviour.
2024-08-16	food-for-thought	Why you should read detective fiction	Believe it or not, this list of books that make you think differently comes from Rory Sutherland himself!
2024-08-16	food-for-thought	Real life cheat codes	When a crowd-sourced list of life hacks meets Reddit's upvote system, the result is this highly addictive collection of genuinely useful pro-tips, like how to meet rock stars at concerts!
2024-08-16	on-this-day	d to statistical methods for machine translation, using massive datasets, which marked the beginning of machine learning
2024-08-16	on-this-day	The British Museum reveals that a staff member has been sacked for stealing about 2,000 objects
2024-08-13	body	For example, here's Rory Sutherland
2024-08-13	body	t of any career is connecting with a likeminded community. We chatted to Joe Glover, the founder of The Marketing Meetup
2024-08-13	body	Listen to the conversation here
2024-08-13	body	or watch it here
2024-08-13	body	From Dave Dye's Top 10 Ads of all time
2024-08-09	body	doing what you're doing, and if you like, take a moment to celebrate the women of the Olympics with this inspiring video
2024-08-09	food-for-thought	The best ads from the Paris Olympics	Nike's film, subtitled "Am I A Bad Person?", is just one of the attention grabbing ads from this global event. See more of them here and enjoy!
2024-08-09	food-for-thought	A better way to ask AI	This poor prompt engineer might be out of a job in a few months as LLMs get better at understanding what we want, but for now, he has some pretty helpful tips.
2024-08-09	food-for-thought	The story of AI in a nutshell	Kursgesagt has done it again with a beautifully animated video on the past, present, and future of intelligence, but take it with a pinch of salt.
2024-08-09	food-for-thought	How Tuned In are you?	In other words, how good are your decision making skills? Nuala Walsh, author of Tuned In, created this 2-minute quiz to help you find out. (And if you'd like to see our Q&A with here, watch it here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ALmZeFk2lE) !)
2024-08-09	food-for-thought	And if you'd like to see our Q&A with here, watch it here
2024-08-09	food-for-thought	77 life lessons from...Arnold Schwarzenegger	Be curious, put down your phone, and don't fall into the "yes-man" trap are just a few of the surprisingly delightful life lessons from the 77-year old bodybuilder.
2024-08-09	on-this-day	The construction of the Tower of Pisa
2024-08-09	on-this-day	that Michelangelo
2024-08-09	on-this-day	The animated character Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's cartoon "Dizzy Dishes
2024-08-09	on-this-day	trek across China leads authorities to evacuate 150,000 people
2024-08-06	body	vast, but as usual, we're keeping it simple and we've got you covered with The Only Marketing Checklist You'll Ever Need
2024-08-06	body	From Rory Sutherland's Top Ten Ads
2024-08-06	body	ink or one brand – but also is a neat expression of the findings of the Ehrenberg Bass Institute on consumer repertoires
2024-08-02	body	But first, just in case you need a smile from an unexpected place, please enjoy these pics of Snoop Dog
2024-08-02	food-for-thought	Rituals, habits and the Ikea Effect	Michael Norton, a Professor of Behavioural Science at Harvard Business School joined our podcast for a conversation about the role of rituals in our lives.
2024-08-02	food-for-thought	Story makes you what you are	Just in case you weren't already convinced of the power of stories, here are 50 quotes about storytelling.
2024-08-02	food-for-thought	They don't make ads like they used to	A nostalgic romp down the advertising hall of fame is always fun, and this collection of old funny FedEx ads is no different. Enjoy!
2024-08-02	food-for-thought	The Llama that could beat OpenAI	Meta released an open source Large Language Model that some say performs better than Chat GPT4-0 but what are the risks?
2024-08-02	food-for-thought	The strip club with "serious artistic merit	This is just one case from our list of 5 More Brilliant Examples of Lateral Thinking.
2024-08-02	on-this-day	Lewis Carroll published "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
2024-08-02	on-this-day	The Tower Subway
2024-08-02	on-this-day	Carl David Anderson discovered and photographed a positron
2024-07-30	body	Watch it here
2024-07-30	body	, or listen to it here
2024-07-30	body	Well, here you go, 3 ways to take your stories from good to great
2024-07-26	food-for-thought	High time for an AI fashion show	Cheeky as ever, this AI generated runway was made and posted by Elon Musk. Please enjoy the many looks of Barack Obama.
2024-07-26	food-for-thought	Top 10 business books of all time	This is meta analysis of all the books recommended by 100 CEOs, condensed into one list. (Check out which behavioural scientist tops the list with the best business book of all time!)
2024-07-26	food-for-thought	Get outside when your PC crashes	In case you didn't know, there was recently a global outage of PCs, and Decathlon displayed some wonderful tactical advertising in the gap.
2024-07-26	food-for-thought	A Regency era safety video	British Airways has created a new safety video that is almost too British. If fact, if you love period dramas like Bridgerton, you'll love this.
2024-07-26	food-for-thought	What really happened with AI at Cannes Lions	In case you missed it, here is our founder's talk on the highlights from Cannes Lions, and the number one topic on everyone's lips.
2024-07-26	on-this-day	English mathematician Thomas Harriot was the first person to draw a map of the Moon
2024-07-26	on-this-day	Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn
2024-07-26	on-this-day	Flashes of light were seen on Jupiter's moon Io
2024-07-23	body	says in this hilarious clip
2024-07-23	body	Watch it here.
2024-07-23	body	Rory Sutherland, ever the proponent of being more human, explains "The Sutherland Paradox
2024-07-23	body	Australian comedian and artist Tim Minchin wrote and performed Play It Safe
2024-07-23	body	In Minchin's own words
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	Is Perplexity the new Google?	One does not simply overthrow the most successful search engine of all time overnight, but many people regard Perplexity (https://www.perplexity.ai/) as the go-to AI for research. Here's why.
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	One does not simply overthrow the most successful search engine of all time overnight, but many people regard Perplexity	as the go-to AI for research. Here's why.
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	18 fun facts about the Sony Walkman	It was one of those once-in-a-generation, culture-shifting products. The Sony Walkman was invented, marketed and sold in fascinating ways, and this list tells all.
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	If you're sick of AI and love being sworn at, read this	with a big pinch of salt. This hilarious diatribe is written by a data scientist who wants to slap the next person who talks about AI changing the world.
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	How to get brand purpose right	and the laughable cases where brands have tried to be high minded, and got it embarrassingly wrong - written by Brian Millar, which is always a treat.
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	The best thing you can do for your brain	It's not eating salmon, it's not doing an ultramarathon, it's far easier than that! The author of The Brain, David Eagleman, tells us why healthy brains need novelty.
2024-07-19	food-for-thought	How The Simpsons was born: From The Art Of Creative Thinking	by Rod Judkins This funny anecdote illustrates the power of constraints and what thinking under pressure can really do sometimes.
2024-07-19	on-this-day	Astronomer Johannes Kepler
2024-07-19	on-this-day	American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller is the first to break the 1-minute barrier
2024-07-19	on-this-day	BBC World Service begins playing Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Symphony
2024-07-19	on-this-day	The largest intact sarcophagus
2024-07-16	body	Just click here to join our event
2024-07-16	body	As relevant in the age of AI is it was in the era of Mad Men, here are 12 Copywriting Tips
2024-07-16	body	This is the face of defeat, excellently portrayed by an employee of Sammakorn
2024-07-12	body	ck wrap up to next week Thursday, 18 July at 3 pm BST, so now you have a few extra days to make sure you don't miss that
2024-07-12	food-for-thought	The slow boring hunt for product market fit	In Benedict Evans' latest essay, he makes the case for an AI summer, saying that this could be it, the all powerful new AI, but we have to be more patient than we thought. Well worth a read!
2024-07-12	food-for-thought	Large Language Models won't lead to Artificial General Intelligence	At least that's the opinion of Francois Chollet and Mike Knoop, in this insightful episode of the Dwarkesh Podcast.
2024-07-12	food-for-thought	When brands laugh at themselves	Self deprecating humour is not common in advertising, but this one was so good, and so original, yet so relatable, it won a Gold Cannes Lion. Enjoy!
2024-07-12	food-for-thought	Seven Pinker's likes and dislikes	This Harvard Professor of Psychology gives us a simple list of things he likes (graphs, irregular verbs, hardware stores) and dislikes (SUVs, the curse of knowledge, chocolate) for a surprisingly delightful look into his mind. Why not write your own such list?
2024-07-12	food-for-thought	Are we too impatient to be intelligent?	Time was the topic of Rory Sutherland's excellent keynote speech at Nudgestock 2024, which happened last Friday. (This link actually leads to a recording of the entire live stream, if you fancy it).
2024-07-12	on-this-day	The Rolling Stones play their first-ever gig
2024-07-12	on-this-day	At a baseball game in Chicago, fans destroy disco records
2024-07-12	on-this-day	breaks away
2024-07-09	body	the last month shunning social media and sipping virgin mojitos on an isolated island, just click here to join our event
2024-07-09	body	On the topic of applying lessons to your real life, check out our podcast with Todd Henry
2024-07-05	body	orld's biggest festival of Behavioural Science and Creativity is happening, and you can live stream the talks right here
2024-07-05	body	a full festival wrap-up that will cover the insights and highlights from Cannes Lions and Nudgestock 2024. Sign up here
2024-07-05	food-for-thought	Rory Sutherland's Nudgestock Talks	All in one place with key takeaways pulled out from each, here is a wonderfully neat place to feast on the wit and wisdom from the event nicknamed "Glastonbury for nerds."
2024-07-05	food-for-thought	What you learn from 60 years in AI	Ray Kurzweil holds the record for the longest career in AI and has made some startlingly accurate predictions. Find out what he thinks is next.
2024-07-05	food-for-thought	Another Dull Webinar	The bright mids from System1 and eatbigfish are hosting a free webinar on 9 July on the extraordinary cost of "dull" advertising and how to overcome it. Sign up here (https://system1group.com/the-extraordinary-cost-of-dull) to check it out.
2024-07-05	food-for-thought	The "old-comfortable-shoe" phenomenon	Have you noticed how many trailers use slow, moody covers of songs you know? Here's why they do it.
2024-07-05	food-for-thought	What type of creative are you?	Take this quiz from Adobe! And enjoy the bizarrely whimsical questions, ASMR art cut-scenes, and surprisingly in-depth results. (Seriously, this one is actually worth the 5 minutes you'll spend on it.)
2024-07-05	on-this-day	At the Knebworth Festival in England, Pink Floyd debuts their album Wish You Were Here
2024-07-05	on-this-day	Seinfeld screens its pilot episode
2024-07-05	on-this-day	Icelandic musician Björk releases her first solo album, Debut
2024-07-02	body	Did you know that you can livestream all the talks at Nudgestock? All you have to do is register here
2024-07-02	body	be hosting a wrap-up of Cannes Lions and Nudgestock next Thursday at 3 pm GMT. You can sign up for the live session here
2024-07-02	body	Rather than read about it, why not listen to these 10 Nudgestock Talks You Mustn't Miss
2024-07-02	body	And, if you love those, here are 10 More Unmissable Talks From Nudgestock
2024-07-02	body	Rights against the Right
2024-06-28	body	Happy Friyay! As we gear up for Nudgestock
2024-06-28	food-for-thought	A host of headlines and clever copywriting	Feast your eyes on these brilliant prints and billboards that feature some of the finest lines in ad-land.
2024-06-28	food-for-thought	The ultimate business skill	Learn the seven universal principles of influence that reliably influence people to say ‘yes’.
2024-06-28	food-for-thought	Sidewalk tea and other priming tricks	Find out some of the behavioural science nudges that stores like Aesop draw people into their stores and make them feel welcome.
2024-06-28	food-for-thought	You could be sued for using this pink	These seven colours have been trademarked by brand across many industries, and if you use it in your designs, you may need to go to court.
2024-06-28	food-for-thought	10 more unmissable Nudgestock talks	From John Cleese's advice on how to become more creative to Dave Trott's signature critique of complexity, these talks are ludicrously entertaining and educational.
2024-06-28	on-this-day	Flora MacDonald helps Bonnie Prince Charlie
2024-06-28	on-this-day	Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refuelling
2024-06-28	on-this-day	Denver Pop Festival
2024-06-28	on-this-day	Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a "900
2024-06-25	body	of the Dan Weiden Titanium Lion was awarded to DoorDash for their stupendous Super Bowl campaign - DoorDash All The Ads
2024-06-21	food-for-thought	What does it take to win a Cannes Lion	? Sooraj Divakaran dives into the art of creating and packaging a piece of work specifically to win at the International Festival of Creativity.
2024-06-21	food-for-thought	Apple in bed with OpenAI and Tesla is NOT happy about it	Elon Musk is concerned about data security as Siri gets supercharged by ChatGPT.
2024-06-21	food-for-thought	Is this even Ketchup?	Heinz blows us away, yet again, with this genius tactic for helping people recognise whether the ketchup in the Heinz bottle at their local restaurant is actually Heinz.
2024-06-21	food-for-thought	Marketing myths busted	We asked Marketing Expert Dr Lachezar Ivanov 5 questions and this is what he had to say
2024-06-21	food-for-thought	How beer ads overcome their biggest obstacle	Have you ever wondered why beer ads never feature anyone getting drunk? Here's a list of great ads that focus on other features
2024-06-21	on-this-day	Columbia Records unveils the 33-1/3 rpm LP phonograph record
2024-06-21	on-this-day	A new archaeological discovery is made near Stonehenge: a large circle of shafts
2024-06-18	body	Outdoor: Magnum Ice Cream's Find Your Summer
2024-06-18	body	by LOLA Mullenlowe, Madrid, Spain, AND Pedigree's Adoptable by Pedigree
2024-06-18	body	Print & Publishing: Coca-Cola's Recycle Me
2024-06-18	body	Audio & Radio: Specsavers' The Misheard Version
2024-06-18	body	Health & Wellness: Dramamine's The Last Barf Bag
2024-06-18	body	Pharma: Siemens Healthineers' Magnetic Stories
2024-06-14	body	fact, with the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity on next week, I've also written a guide on how to maximise your time
2024-06-14	food-for-thought	Our predictions of some 2024 Cannes Lion winners	Of al the Cannes Lions shortlisted entries, these are the ones we reckon have the best chances. What do you think?
2024-06-14	food-for-thought	Dave Dye's top ten ads that come to mind...	Dave Dye has made a career out of his opinions on advertising, and this is what he said about his favourites.
2024-06-14	food-for-thought	Searching high and low for AI use cases	Benedict Evans, the trend watcher, makes a very interesting point about the usefulness, or lack thereof, of generative AI.
2024-06-14	food-for-thought	The power of creativity, the creator economy, and connections	Simon Cook is the CEO of Cannes Lins and tells all in this interview about the festival.
2024-06-14	food-for-thought	Our podcast with Chat GPT-4o	What does AI sound like when asked to be the guest on a podcast? Find out here.
2024-06-14	on-this-day	Charles Babbage proposes a "difference engine
2024-06-14	on-this-day	Robert Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner
2024-06-14	on-this-day	onaldo removes sponsors coke bottles from his press table at the European Championships, prompting Coca-Cola share price
2024-06-11	body	l be there in full force, reporting on the latest and greatest in creative ideas, so make sure to stay tuned to our blog
2024-06-11	body	u just want an idea of what it's like, read up on my 10 Tips for Maximising Your Experience at the Cannes Lions Festival
2024-06-11	body	e mad men days of Bill Bernbach and David Ogilvy, right up last year's establishment of the world's first digital nation
2024-06-11	body	Check out his selection here
2024-06-07	food-for-thought	Our Podcast with ChatGPT 4o	Our latest guest is not quite human, but would like to be for one day 👀 Fascinating insights about AI, from an AI.
2024-06-07	food-for-thought	Chris Duffey on the future of creativity	We hosted Adobe's AI expert for alive Q&A last week, and these are his thoughts on creativity in the age of AI.
2024-06-07	food-for-thought	The difference between insight and observation	A sneak peak from Julian Cole's Planning Dirty Academy shows us how some brands got to their incredible insights.
2024-06-07	food-for-thought	AI in music - who has the rights?	From the marvellous Cleo Abram comes a full breakdown of what's going on in the music industry, now that anybody can sound like Grimes (https://www.tiktok.com/@cleoabram/video/7293915801571101995) ...
2024-06-07	food-for-thought	llous Cleo Abram comes a full breakdown of what's going on in the music industry, now that anybody can sound like Grimes	...
2024-06-07	food-for-thought	What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things?	You should absolutely read Dan Ariely's latest book, Misbelief, but in the meantime, here are 5 insights to get you going.
2024-06-07	on-this-day	Come On
2024-05-31	body	such a geeky milestone, we offer you one of our earliest blog posts, which celebrates the 42courses culture of curiosity
2024-05-31	food-for-thought	Ways to think about AGI	Artificial General Intelligence has long been the stuff of science fiction, but is it around the corner? Ben Evans says "perhaps...but probably not!"
2024-05-31	food-for-thought	The world, according to Rory Sutherland	An amusing interview with Rory where he completes a series of sentence starters in a way that only he can.
2024-05-31	food-for-thought	Dave Dye on the value of traditional advertising	Who is talking about traditional advertising these days? Dave Dye, of course, and maybe you?
2024-05-31	food-for-thought	The worst billboards ever	In a hilarious, and probably true stunt, comedian Joe Lycett advertises his new show by sending the printers the email thread stating he's not ready.
2024-05-31	on-this-day	Usain Bolt breaks the world record
2024-05-24	body	m GMT, you can join a live Zoom call where we'll be asking Chris all about AI and the future. You can sign up right here
2024-05-24	food-for-thought	The hopeful future of AI	The co-founder of Google's Deep Mind talks about one of the most positive and inspiring cases of AI making the world a better place
2024-05-24	food-for-thought	Hey ChatGPT, finish THIS	In a viral outdoor ad, a Belgian agency takes a well-timed dig at AI enthusiasts.
2024-05-24	food-for-thought	What business innovation can learn from evolution	In an unexpected yet delightful crossover of topics, Rory Sutherland writes about biomimicry and the bewildering pace of innovation.
2024-05-24	food-for-thought	Alone with your thoughts	When was the last time you were truly alone with nothing but your mind? Author Todd Henry explains why this is so important for creativity.
2024-05-17	food-for-thought	Creativity after Corona	Global disasters tend, unexpectedly, to yield a golden era of creativity and humour. Is it time for funny ads, once again?
2024-05-17	food-for-thought	Mind Powers	How do you get the most out of your mind in the moment you need your mind the most? From Todd Henry's podcast, an illuminating guide on the right lifestyle for creativity.
2024-05-17	food-for-thought	Does Chat GPT reject any notion of human struggle?	Stephen Fry reads a stirring letter on this topic, suggesting it mechanises creativity. Watch it and make up your own mind!
2024-05-17	food-for-thought	Your new favourite AI tool	If you like making music, that is. It's free to try when you create an account, and not very good yet, but worth checking out!
2024-05-17	food-for-thought	Can scientists be copywriters?	Probably not, but they're doing it anyway in some standout skincare ads from The Ordinary that certainly break the norm.
2024-05-17	on-this-day	The first colour photograph, a tartan ribbon
2024-05-17	on-this-day	The Antikythera mechanism
2024-05-17	on-this-day	The Cat in the Hat Song
2024-05-17	on-this-day	Stevie Wonder releases the music single "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
2024-05-14	body	Find out how to be all three of those things at the same time right here
2024-05-14	food-for-thought	Why simple ideas work best
2024-05-14	food-for-thought	Why it’s good to be committed to your ideas rather than attached to them
2024-05-14	body	This Ted Talk from Adam Grant
2024-05-10	food-for-thought	Like what you like, unapologetically	An inspiring article from the creative revolution's arm's dealer, Todd Henry - Why curating the content you consume will help you be more creative.
2024-05-10	food-for-thought	What do a missing eye and a missing tooth have in common?	A thought provoking breakdown of why Patagonia's recent ad makes us think of the man in the Hathaway shirt.
2024-05-10	food-for-thought	You thought Spotify was just for music?	Spotify's UK customers will now see a fourth category of content, alongside music, podcasts and audiobooks - elearning.
2024-05-10	food-for-thought	The funniest take on creativity you'll hear today	Author Fredrik Backman explains the benefits of procrastination and how his agent forced him to do this talk.
2024-05-10	food-for-thought	A Wes Anderson Mont Blanc ad	Undeniably Wes Anderson, and very clearly Mont Blanc, this ad is a masterclass in marrying entertainment with sales.
2024-05-10	on-this-day	Fred Astaire
2024-05-10	on-this-day	Nelson Mandela is inaugurated
2024-05-07	body	In our most recent live Q&A session
2024-05-07	body	Cannes Lions Design Jury President Quinnton Harris
2024-05-07	body	joined us for an exclusive, live Q&A session
2024-05-07	food-for-thought	42 Quotes on Creativity
2024-05-07	food-for-thought	Once you’re done, don’t forget to read Part 1.
2024-05-07	food-for-thought	Five Questions With A Biomimicry Expert
2024-05-07	body	Sir John Hegarty is the co-founder of BBH, the author of Hegarty on Advertising
2024-05-07	body	, and a legend in his own right. So we asked him for his top ten ads of all time
2024-05-03	food-for-thought	Grand Theft Chalice	In an amusing new ad that is uncomfortably relatable for some of us...Stella Artois acknowledges the widespread theft of their branded glasses.
2024-05-03	food-for-thought	The effect of touchscreens on McDonalds burgers	This sneak peak from the Nudge Podcast sheds light on why burger sales doubled when McDonalds introduced automated orders.
2024-05-03	food-for-thought	Parity vs Differentials	From Dave Trott's blog comes an interesting perspective (for once 😉) on which marketing strategy you should take depending on who you're competing with.
2024-05-03	food-for-thought	The best use of AI in biscuits	When last did a biscuit brand drop not one, but two playlists of original songs about their products? That's right, NEVER. Enjoy!
2024-05-03	food-for-thought	A house is 3D printed...out of soil	Incredible advancements in 3D printing and biomimicry led to this house being completed in 200 hours. Take a look.
2024-05-03	on-this-day	The first Bollywood film, "Raja Harishchandra
2024-05-03	on-this-day	James Brown
2024-05-03	on-this-day	42nd Eurovision Song Contest: Katrina and the Waves for the United Kingdom wins singing "Love Shine a Light
2024-04-26	food-for-thought	The best in class of Youtube advertising	A creative panel featuring Gary Vaynerchuk, Ogilvy New York’s CCO, Samira Ansari, and WPP’s Global CCO, Rob Reilly chat about how to use Youtube creatively.
2024-04-26	food-for-thought	The disease of great ideas	A young Steve Jobs explains the journey to get to a great product and why great ideas don't always become reality.
2024-04-26	food-for-thought	Why Coca-Cola crushed its logo	Most brands can't stand the idea of their beautiful little logo looking anything other than perfect, but Coca-cola sees the bigger picture.
2024-04-26	food-for-thought	Don't dress for the job you want	This snippet from the Nudge Podcast sees Richard Shotton explaining why Balenciaga looks crap, and why billionaires wear flip flops.
2024-04-26	food-for-thought	But....what do we DO with AI?	From Google Cloud Next ‘24, check out these 101 real-world gen AI use cases from the world's leading organisations.
2024-04-23	body	Cannes Lions Grand Prix winner and Design Jury President, Quinnton Harris
2024-04-23	body	Sign up here
2024-04-23	food-for-thought	Alice Sherwood on Authenticity in today's counterfeit culture
2024-04-23	food-for-thought	enticity in advertising, marketing, and art. You can listen to it through the link above, or watch the conversation here
2024-04-23	body	Sir John Hegarty is the co-founder of BBH, the author of Hegarty on Advertising
2024-04-23	body	, and a legend in his own right. So we asked him for his top ten ads of all time
2024-04-19	body	we're hosting a live Q&A session with Quinnton Harris on Thursday, 25 April at 3pm GMT and you can sign up to join here
2024-04-19	food-for-thought	Blank billboards that smell like...	Is it an installation? Is it priming? Or is it just subliminal advertising? You be the judge of this stunt pulled by McDonalds.
2024-04-19	food-for-thought	Hasta la Vista baby - Boston Dynamics is BACK	Just when you forgot about them, Boston Dynamics and their terrifyingly capable robots join the age of AI. Their new Atlas robot is a swivelling, shape-shifting nightmare.
2024-04-19	food-for-thought	The end of "followers" and the future of creativity	The CEO of Patreon gave a delightful talk at SXSW about the relarionship between makers and consumers and what that might look like in the future.
2024-04-19	food-for-thought	A fantastic example of framing	What type of dog should you get if you want a low maintenance breed? Whiskas says you should get a Meowzer - or in other words, a cat.
2024-04-19	food-for-thought	An interview with Dave Dye	Dave Dye writes one of the most entertaining advertising blogs out there, but this time he's on the hot seat and we get a look into his experience in ad-land.
2024-04-16	body	Quinnton Harris
2024-04-16	body	Sign up here
2024-04-16	body	Please enjoy this list of Rory Sutherland's top ten ads
2024-04-12	body	we're hosting a live Q&A session with Quinnton Harris on Thursday, 25 April at 3pm GMT and you can sign up to join here
2024-04-12	food-for-thought	How to turn sad customers into glad ones	Luggage brand Béis was becoming a meme...of customers sharing wear and tear videos after just one trip. So they created the world's first "luggage car wash" to turn those frowns upside down.
2024-04-12	food-for-thought	What would a world of driverless cars look like?	Rory Sutherland does what he does best, and visualises the second order effects of new technology on human behaviour.
2024-04-12	food-for-thought	Behind the scenes of Specsavers' latest stunt	In a beautifully executed outdoor activation, Specsavers got Scottish people tik tok'ing "Brillyint. Shuid hae gaen tae &*^%ing Specsavers” and you can read about it here.
2024-04-12	food-for-thought	Why leave Gmail when it's so good?	This thoughtful article explains just how revolutionary gmail was, but why modern digital behaviour has so many of us treating it like a "shame closet".
2024-04-12	food-for-thought	Advertising as a sidequest	A refreshing look at a career in advertising as a sidequest (a bonus, rewarding, but ultimately superfluous journey) rather than your main gig in life, and what that perspective can offer you.
2024-04-09	body	Great news - we have a live Q&A coming up with highly esteemed, highly engaging Quinnton Harris
2024-04-09	body	The Q&A will be on Thursday, 25 April at 3pm GMT and you can sign up here
2024-04-09	food-for-thought	Q&A with Nuala Walsh on Making Decisions
2024-04-09	food-for-thought	Podcast with Alice Sherwood on Authenticity
2024-04-09	food-for-thought	, or listen to it here
2024-04-09	body	gives a beautiful explanation of curiosity, plus some tips on how to be more curious, in this video.
2024-04-05	food-for-thought	Creativity more powerful than a molotov cocktail	If you've been paying attention to Hollywood over the past few years, you might notice an interesting theme emerging - destruction of billionaires through satire...
2024-04-05	food-for-thought	How the brain shapes reality	This is a bit of a longer watch (1 hour) but it is absolutely fascinating. Andy Clark talks through the inner workings of the predictive brain, and what it does for our well-being, mental health, and society.
2024-04-05	food-for-thought	The best way to memorise stuff isn't the same for all situations	We all know that cramming before a test is... a risky strategy, but this study explains why by diving into how the brain stores information.
2024-04-05	food-for-thought	The best and worst of April Fool's	On a personal level, April Fool's day could be anything from depressing to disastrous, but when you can sit back and watch big brands pull some pranks, it can be quite entertaining!
2024-04-05	food-for-thought	Beer ads from 2004 make a comeback	In a media first, a Chliean ad agency made a series of rather funny beer ads that got spliced into famous movies at critical moments. Recently, they've gone viral as fans make their own versions.
2024-04-02	food-for-thought	4	2 Quotes From Daniel Kahneman (https://www.42courses.com/blog/home/2024/3/28/42-quotes-from-daniel-kahneman)
2024-04-02	food-for-thought	2 Quotes From Daniel Kahneman	After gracing this world with his wonderful mind for 90 years, the father of modern behavioural science passed away last week. We wanted to honour the vastness of his expertise with this collection of his quotes. We hope you enjoy it.
2024-04-02	food-for-thought	P	odcast with Ian Robertson: How Confidence works (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1xh3vAjIg)
2024-04-02	food-for-thought	odcast with Ian Robertson: How Confidence works	Prof. Ian Robertson chats with our founder, Chris Rawlinson, about how confidence works. You'll learn why it's helpful (and sometimes not helpful) as well as the factors that lead to an increase or decrease in your self-belief.
2024-04-02	body	llous things you’ll learn about in behavioural science is something called the “Fresh Start Effect”. Read this blog post
2024-03-29	food-for-thought	Why funny ads fell out of fashion	And why you should bring them back! This fascinating read dives into exactly how ads win at Cannes and what changes made them less popular among creatives.
2024-03-29	food-for-thought	What noodles tell us about the global economy	If you lined up all the noodles sold in a year end to end, it would stretch from Earth to Pluto and beyond! Move over Big Mac Index, Udon-omics is in!
2024-03-29	food-for-thought	David Ogilvy talks advertising from Touffou	In this delightful video, David Ogilvy chats about big ideas, agency life, and the business of advertising in general from a beautiful chateau in France.
2024-03-29	food-for-thought	Career Advice from Rory Sutherland	The Vice Chairman of Ogilvy in the Uk shares his wisdom about why you should be good at two things.
2024-03-29	food-for-thought	Best things on the internet you never knew existed	From useful things like a white noise generator, to the absurd, like Australia's satyrical news site, this list is a gem and will definitely make you smile.
2024-03-26	body	Nuala Walsh is the author of Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions In a Noisy World
2024-03-26	body	. For a taste of Nuala's wisdom, watch her TED Talk
2024-03-26	body	Pre-register for the event here
2024-03-26	food-for-thought	Our Top Learner's Top Ten Ads
2024-03-26	food-for-thought	Stephen Bray, a celebrated psychotherapist and author of Photography and Psychoanalysis	also happens to be ranked #1 on 42courses after completing 35 courses 🥳 Given his extensive knowledge, we asked him what his top 10 ads are.
2024-03-26	food-for-thought	Q&A with Phil Barden	If you'd like to learn the science behind why we buy the things we do, and get a look at how our Q&A sessions work, watch this for some fascinating insights into human behaviour around purchasing.
2024-03-26	body	of 1 to 10, where 1 is the person who steps back and says, "oh no, I'm not creative at all" and 10 is The Beatles on LSD
2024-03-26	body	Here's a quick and easy read to get you started: 10 Ways To Be More Creative
2024-03-22	body	our Live Q&A talk next Thursday with Nuala Walsh, the author of Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions In a Noisy World
2024-03-22	body	For a highly entertaining and quick taste of Nuala's work, watch her TED Talk
2024-03-22	body	Join by pre-registering here
2024-03-22	food-for-thought	David Ogilvy tells it like it is	In this thoroughly interesting video, David Ogilvy explains why "we sell or else" in a monologue that resonates with today's approach to advertising more than you might expect.
2024-03-22	food-for-thought	Why AI won't steal your copywriting job just yet	Dave Dye and John Stingley have a fascinating chat about the different ways to write an ad, AND you get to look at some fabulous print ads while you listen to the podcast.
2024-03-22	food-for-thought	Guinness taste better on St Patrick's Day	And not only that, but it's even better when listening to an Irish jig. Find out why here.
2024-03-22	food-for-thought	Why a 4th century monk could have been the best marketer of all time	He might not have approved, but when Evagrius Ponticus came up with the seven deadly sins, he was basically writing the code of all human desire.
2024-03-22	food-for-thought	Strong verbs and short sentences	From this wonderful website on the 9 principles of storytelling, this article is about the power of big ideas, small words and short sentences.
2024-03-22	on-this-day	The Beatles Release "Please Please Me
2024-03-22	on-this-day	Film director and explorer James Cameron made a record-breaking solo dive
2024-03-19	body	Nuala Walsh is the author of Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions In a Noisy World
2024-03-19	body	. She's also an award-winning business consultant, behavioural scientist, and TEDTalk speaker
2024-03-19	body	Join the Q&A by Pre-registering here
2024-03-19	food-for-thought	for it.” Enjoy this quote from Albert Einstein, and loads of other gems, from Voltaire to Steve Jobs, in this blog post.
2024-03-19	food-for-thought	Podcast with	Dan Ariely (https://youtu.be/dlXI5FgxAx0?si=mlyzvVH3IxO1xbVk)
2024-03-19	body	and present to you 5 Questions with Richard Shotton
2024-03-15	food-for-thought	What will life look like in 5 years time?	The Economist got Mustafa Suleyman and Yuval Noah Harari together to debate the future of AI in very practical terms - Will AI bring us unprecedented riches or end human history?
2024-03-15	food-for-thought	Early origins of the commitment device	Behavioural science has become enormously popular over the last decade, but it was as early as the 90s that at least one famous psychologist started recommending commitment devices.
2024-03-15	food-for-thought	How to get into "The Zone	A new study looked at the brain activity of jazz musicians when they improvise to find out what behaviour patterns can lead to a creative flow state. Read this to find out how you can do this in your own life.
2024-03-15	food-for-thought	15 Famous logos and what they mean	Did you know that the three stripes of Adidas represents increasing levels of challenge, and/or a mountain? Find out so much more about your favourite brands from this list.
2024-03-15	food-for-thought	The story behind "Have a break, have a Kit Kat	One of the oldest slogans in the world, this one has been around since 1957, but the origins of the chocolate bar and its association with taking a break goes back way further...
2024-03-15	food-for-thought	Cadbury in film noir	It's rare to see some unglamorous, mundane realism in ads, but this one does it with extraordinary acting and a heartfelt story. Enjoy!
2024-03-12	body	Nuala Walsh is the author of Tune In: How to Make Smarter Decisions In a Noisy World
2024-03-12	body	She's also an award-winning business consultant, behavioural scientist, TEDTalk speaker
2024-03-12	body	Pre-register for the event
2024-03-12	food-for-thought	N	ew course coming up - Biomimicry (https://www.42courses.com/courses/biomimicry/upcoming)
2024-03-12	food-for-thought	Podcast with the marvellous Bonnie Wan
2024-03-12	body	Click here
2024-03-08	food-for-thought	When AI is useful, and when it's not	Some people are excited about what AI can do for society, and others are terrified. This study took a practical look at when AI boost, or destroys value, depending on what we ask it to do.
2024-03-08	food-for-thought	The 4 types of motivation and which one helps you complete a hike	We've heard it all when it comes to productivity, but this fascinating psychological experiment, which took place over a 2650 mile hike, looks beyond intrinsic and extrinsic motivators.
2024-03-08	food-for-thought	How you could be celebrating women today	From strikes, to a half-day at work, from walks to mimosas, our wonderfully diverse world celebrates women's day in different ways. Read about them here and maybe get a little creative with the women in your life.
2024-03-08	food-for-thought	How to advertise something you're not allowed to advertise	In Canada, selling cannabis is legal, advertising it is not. So, in a stroke of genius, Sto'ked Cannabis released this campaign advertising the stores around their outlets.
2024-03-08	food-for-thought	How AI works at the BBC	Everybody wants to know how AI will affect our lives and our work, but the clever clogs at the BBC have actually put some policies in place to manage how AI is used, and it's a surprisingly fascinating read.
2024-03-08	food-for-thought	Seth Godin on why we need more graceful people	This free short e-book from Seth is a wonderful and inspiring quick read. If you need a pick-me-up or just want some good easy-to-use life advice, take a quick read of this.
2024-03-08	on-this-day	BBC radio debut
2024-03-08	on-this-day	If you have a VPN or are in the UK, there is a good new documentary on it here
2024-03-05	body	nAI has released some more samples of its new text-to-video prompt tool, Sora. Check them out with wide-eyed-wonder here
2024-03-05	food-for-thought	Recording of our Q&A with Phil Barden
2024-03-05	food-for-thought	Podcast with the marvellous Bonnie Wan
2024-03-05	body	One of the best ways to become a better copywriter is to read great copywriting, so please enjoy these ads
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	C	reative tensions and the implications (https://www.implications.com/p/the-era-of-abstraction-and-new-creative) of AI (https://www.implications.com/p/the-era-of-abstraction-and-new-creative) : A brilliant article and video from Adobe’s Scott Belsky on AI, craft, data authenticity and more. Possibly the most interesting thing I read this week.
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	When your AI girlfriend sells your data	With generative AI being just over a year old, the world of AI romance is thriving. Mozilla studied what happens to your chat data.
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	Do Something Syndrome" and the illusion of progress	The real reason why working harder is not the same as working smarter, and what you can do instead.
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	You've never seen body positivity like this	In an ad that could only come from Berlin, beer brand BRLO spoofs Calvin Klein's viral Jeremy White campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCbM009btVI) .
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	In an ad that could only come from Berlin, beer brand BRLO spoofs Calvin Klein's viral Jeremy White campaign
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	Sharkskin swimsuits & Lotus paint	8 delightful examples of biomimicry in action - where designers have used nature as inspiration for their innovations.
2024-03-01	food-for-thought	No ideas? Take a hike	From Nietzsche to Newton, from Wordsworth to Woolf, many of history's greatest thinkers were fanatical walkers. Here's how walking promotes creativity.
2024-03-01	on-this-day	Captain America created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is first published by Timely Comics
2024-03-01	on-this-day	Jim Morrison
2024-03-01	on-this-day	Pink Floyd's 8th studio album "Dark Side of the Moon
2024-02-27	food-for-thought	AI Image Generation Takes Another Giant Leap with Stable Diffusion 3	Another day, another massive leap forward in AI image generation. With Midjourney and OpenAI's DALL-E both getting big upgrades late last year, Stability AI's open-source Stable Diffusion needed to pull off something special to remain relevant. And it looks like it's done just that.
2024-02-27	food-for-thought	Q&A with Phil Barden this Thursday	Phil is the MD of DECODE Marketing Ltd, and he'll be talking about the science of purchase behaviour (why people buy what they buy and how to influence them). He'll also share a new creative AI tool his company recently invented.
2024-02-27	food-for-thought	Podcast with the marvellous Bonnie Wan	Ever felt stuck in life and unsure what to do or how to fix it?
2024-02-27	body	g, thanks to some amazing biomimicry work. You can read about it, and how the ancient Romans created it by accident here