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   * A video by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo1A45ShcMo|Kurzgesagt on "You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That"]]. This video talks about how our reaction to stress has been shaped by evolution, and why this is at odds with modern living.    * A video by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo1A45ShcMo|Kurzgesagt on "You're More Stressed Than Ever - Let's Change That"]]. This video talks about how our reaction to stress has been shaped by evolution, and why this is at odds with modern living. 
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiwHm6sbwR0|David Foster Wallace]] gives a 2003 interview with a German TV station talking about why reading is so hard. Remember that this was given in 2003(!) Pre-social media and when the Internet was still a relative infant. DFW, also famous for his criticism of modern society, would commit suicide in 2008.    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiwHm6sbwR0|David Foster Wallace]] gives a 2003 interview with a German TV station talking about why reading is so hard. Remember that this was given in 2003(!) Pre-social media and when the Internet was still a relative infant. DFW, also famous for his criticism of modern society, would commit suicide in 2008. 
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 +  * [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/21/charlie-brooker-a-level-results|Poor A-levels? Don't despair. Just lie on job application forms]]
  
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