Here are 5 things I learned reading: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, By: Joan Didion (Amazon).

1. A “foehn wind” is a breeze that blows off the leeward side of a mountain.

2. Wagon train morality is just that, morality. Not ethics.

3. Few people ever have that impulse. That urge to write everything down.

4. Forgetting our history is universal. And we are worse off for it.

5. Pandemics make me want to travel even more.

Here are 5 things I learned reading: Originals, By: Adam Grant (Amazon).

1. The way we use nouns matters for framing.

2. Younger siblings are more likely to steal bases in baseball.

3. Much of the key to creative work is a willingness to experiment.

4. Travel fosters creativity in children.

5. Vuja de is the opposite of Déjà vu.

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