Author Hans Rosling Summary A plea to overcome the human instincts that prevent us from developing a fact based worldview. Takeaways Knowledge of global patterns and trends is poor across demographics even though data is publicly available. Common assumptions about topics like population growth, income inequality, education and health, are not only wrong but are systematically distorted. Developments appear more negatively than they are. Reasons are a lack of statistical literacy and our instincts to generalize, blame others, and consider things without appropriate comparison frames and proportions....

Author Jack Welch Summary The life and professional career of Jack Welch, Chairman of General Electric from 1981 to 2001, described in his own words. Takeaways Leadership requires more than the knowledge to make sound business decisions. It is equally important to establish the right culture with a focus on people that allows for differentiation and development, and that empowers everyone to contribute ideas (“boundaryless”). Being able to react to changes trumps a well thought out longterm strategy....

Author Adam Rutherford Summary A scientific view of the role that DNA plays in understanding human history, and what we can and cannot conclude when analyzing it. Takeaways Depicting our ancestry looks more like an entagled mesh than a tree. Everyone living today shares the same group of ancestors if we go back long enough in time. DNA influences observable characteristics in a probabilitic way. There are only a few genes that have a clear physical manifestation....

Counting the number of posts and different terms per taxonomy in Hugo requires looping through all taxonomies. {{ range $taxname, $tax := .Site.Taxonomies }} {{ $nposts := len (where $.Site.RegularPages (print "Params" "." $taxname) "ne" nil) }} {{ $nterms := len $tax }} {{ $posttext := cond (gt $nposts 1) "posts" "post" }} {{ $termtext := cond (gt $nterms 1) "terms" "term" }} {{ $taxname }}: {{ $nposts }} {{ $posttext }} and {{ $nterms }} search {{ $termtext }}....

digitalsynopsis/beautiful-color-paletts A selection of 36 color palettes for web design or other projects. Useful to find matching colors for a consistent overall appearance. This website uses the Water Bearer palette (#25). #5e5656 #58668b #76b4bd #bdeaee #ebf4f6...

This Website has been built with Hugo. The main Hugo Website already has good documentation. The following additional resources were particularly helpful to get started and create a new template that fit my needs. Getting started youtube/introduction_to_hugo A series of instructional videos by Mike Dane (@mike_dane) that explain the basics of Hugo’s concepts like templates, blocks, and front-matter. Very useful to get a first exposure and a rough idea of Hugo’s capabilities....