Episode 558: Pseudism

Merlin's Best of 2021™ kicks off with the return of "Cool Things I Learned This Week."

Links for this episode:The Talk Show #331 – “John Was the Problem,” with Merlin MannMerlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back.

Overcast - ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann — The Talk Show With John Gruber — OvercastWatch The Beatles: Get Back | Disney+ttscoff/KeyBindings: DefaultKeybindings.dict for Mac OS XFive-Minute Coronavirus Stress Resets - The New York TimesRelease v1.4.0 · swiftbar/SwiftBarHow to Calm Down from Extreme Emotions in 30 Seconds - Mindfulness MuseThe Mammalian Diving Response: An Enigmatic Reflex to Preserve Life?5by5 | Back to Work #372: Hole That RabbitIn extensive follow-up, your hosts talk about the listener who was having trouble with addressing employees and social media use. This goes lots of interesting places.

5by5 | Back to Work #371: Avocado PeopleAlso, your hosts finally (finally!) address a listener's excellent and very difficult question about her millennial employee's use of social media. Lot of levels!

SonicCloud Personalized Sound - HomeHearing Test Apps — Mimi HealthiOS 15 brings powerful new features to stay connected, focus, explore, and more - AppleEagle - Organize all your reference images in one placeMerlin's Wisdom ProjectMimi Hearing Technologies | Mimi Hearing Test now integrated into Apple HealthAccessibility - Hearing - AppleHigher-order volition - WikipediaHigher-order volitions (or higher-order desire), as opposed to action-determining volitions, are volitions about volitions.

Meta-emotion - WikipediaMeta-emotion is "an organized and structured set of emotions and cognitions about the emotions, both one's own emotions and the emotions of others".

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