We Love the Internet 2021/51: The Busy simulator edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• 2021 Was the Year Binge-Watching Took a Back Seat to Weekly TV
• Do I Have Productivity Dysmorphia?
• Spotify Has a Gen Z Problem. Or Is It an Opportunity?
• A look under the hood of the most successful streaming service on the planet

Reference points:

• Busy Simulator
• 52 things I learned in 2021
• The Ringer’s 100 best rap songs of the 2010s
• The best inventions of 2021
• Support Systems for Learning

Longer reads:

• Why The Matrix never stopped being relevant
• The Internet Did Too Much, Even for 2021

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Billie Eilish: Same Interview, The Fifth Year | Vanity Fair
• I can’t believe how long this took! – Pencil Drawing Process
• Why We Should NOT Look For Aliens – The Dark Forest
• Everything is a Remix Part 2 (2021)
• Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg breaks down Math films & TV shows
• I Accidentally Became A Meme: Have You Ever Had A Dream

Things to look at/read:

• Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever
• I’m Black But Look White. Here Are The Horrible Things White People Feel Safe Telling Me.
• I’m the TikTok Couch Guy. Here’s What It Was Like Being Investigated on the Internet.
• People Are Buying Digital Clothes Because That’s a Thing Now

Animal corner:

• We Wish You a Merry Christmas | piano massage for meow
• Dog fakes injured leg but recovers when suggested cannot go for walk
• Just a couple of foxes harmonizing in a duet
• Kitten with four ears becomes internet sensation
• dogsoftiktok
• Me encanta cuando mamá me achucha
• Every morning the kitten jumps on my and waits for me to turn in snakes
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Tweets of the week:

• spotted in Paddington
• Forget fintechs. This is actual innovation:
• Thrilling chase underway
• The song ‘Silent Night’ in Linkedin profiles.
• I read this in Werner Herzog’s voice
• America’s most robust COVID data tracking system
• My covid test centre looks like a trap
• Crikey; he just gets a mince pie at our house

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The Gassing Of Satartia
• The Odor of Things
• Jackals: How to Survive In the Underworld of Professional Basketball
• The Secret Diary of a ‘Sustainable Investor’
• What lies beneath: the secrets of France’s top serial killer expert
• Lads, Gak and Union Jacks: The Oral History of ‘Cool Britannia’
• Your Favorite Scary Movie: The Oral History of ‘Scream’
• The Twisted, Stolen Legacy of the ‘Matrix’ Red Pill

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